HONORS AND AWARDS

• Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award shortlist (2012)
• Hunter College High School Distinguished Graduate Award (2012)
• TAYSHAS High School Reading List (2012)
• American Library Association Alex Award (2011)
• Orange New Writers title (2011)
• John Gardner Fiction Book Award finalist (2011)
• Costco Book Pick (2011)
• Suburban Mosaic Book of the Year, Adult and High School (2011)
• Florida Teens Read (2011)
• Salt Lake County Library Reader’s Choice Award (2011)
• County-City Library Pick (2011)
• Chinese Library Association Best Book (2010)
• Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick (2010)
• Indie Next Pick (2010)
• China Daily’s Top 10 Books of 2010
• School Library Journal’s List of Best Adult Books 4 Teens (2010)
• The Guardian’s Choice of First Novels (2010)
• Women & Home’s Top 30 Books of 2010
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2010)
• Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Debut Author (2010)
• Book Bloggers Appreciation Week Best Cultural Book (2010)
• About.com’s Best of 2010 Pick
• Flavorwire’s Ten Women Authors We Love (2010)
• Quality Paperback Book Club New Voices Award nominee (2010)
• Blue Ribbon Pick (2010)
• Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Scholarship
• Columbia University Graduate Writing Division Fellowships
• Harvard Club of New York Scholar
• John Harvard Scholarship for Academic Achievement of the Highest Distinction
• Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Scholarship for Academic Achievement of the Highest Disctinction