Mingmei Yip

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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2004
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Books in Order: 11 titles

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  • Memoirs of a Courtesan

  • The Witch's Market

    From the author of Secret of a Thousand Beauties and Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a beautifully written novel of self-discovery and intrigue. Chinese-American assistant professor Eileen Chen specializes in folk religion at her San Francisco colle...

  • Secret of a Thousand Beauties

    Set against the vibrant and intrigue-laden backdrop of 1930s China, Mingmei Yip's enthralling novel explores one woman's defiant pursuit of independence. Spring Swallow was promised in marriage while still in her mother's belly. When the groom die...

  • The Nine Fold Heaven

    In this mesmerizing new novel, Mingmei Yip draws readers deeper into the exotic world of 1930s Shanghai first explored in Skeleton Women, and into the lives of the unforgettable Camilla, Shadow, and Rainbow Chang. When Shadow, a gifted, ambitious...

  • Grandma Panda's China Storybook

    With classic Chinese fairytales and folk stories, Grandma Panda's China Storybook introduces children to Chinese culture in a fun, adventurous way! Grandma Panda is a wonderful teacher, a wonderful storyteller and a wonderful cook! Her grandchildren,...

  • Skeleton Women

    Once upon a time in China, the most beautiful and gifted women were known as “skeleton women” -- the ultimate femme fatales who could bring a man to his knees, or to his doom… When Camilla, a young orphan girl in Shanghai, is adopted and bro...

  • Song of the Silk Road

    In this richly imaginative novel, Mingmei Yip -- author of Peach Blossom Pavilion and Petals From the Sky -- follows one woman's daunting journey along China's fabled Silk Road. As a girl growing up in Hong Kong, Lily Lin was captivated by photogr...

  • Petals From The Sky

    From the acclaimed author of Peach Blossom Pavilion comes a lush and lyrical novel of East and West -- and of one young woman's search for her heart's true calling... When twenty-year-old Meng Ning declares that she wants to be a Buddhist nun, her...

  • Peach Blossom Pavilion

    In a sunny California apartment, a young woman and her fiancé arrive to record her great-grandmother's story. The story that unfolds of Precious Orchid's life in China, where she rises from a childhood of shame to become one of the most successful c...



  • Peach Blossom Pavillion

    In a sunny California apartment, a young woman and her fiance arrive to record her great-grandmother's story. The story that unfolds of Precious Orchid's life in China, where she rises from a childhood of shame to become one of the most successful co...

  • Chinese Children's Favorite Stories

    Chinese Children's Favorite Stories is a delightful selection of thirteen Chinese folktales as retold by author and illustrator Mingmei Yip. Inspired by her beloved father's nightly story-telling when she was a child, Yip hopes that by retelling some...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mingmei Yip has published 11 books.

Mingmei Yip does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Memoirs of a Courtesan, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Mingmei Yip, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, was published in December 2004.

No. Mingmei Yip does not write books in series.
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