At the China Inside Out event in London yesterday, someone asked what readers are looking for? Nicky suggested that they are often looking for something familiar, but a bit different/exotic, adding that readers sometimes seem to prefer the works of Chinese authors who have lived overseas. I wondered... what has become of the authors Maxine Hong Kingston, Timothy Mo and Amy Tan, whose books I enjoyed back in the 1980s? Where are they now?

Maxine Hong Kingston 湯亭亭
Her most recent book was I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, 2011.
http://redroom.com/member/maxine-hong-kingston/blog/the-map-in-the-basement

Timothy Mo 毛翔青
He has a new novel Pure due out on 12 April 2012.
http://turnaround-uk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/timothy-mo-is-missing-not-any-more.html

Amy Tan
She has a new novel Valley of Amazement due in 2013.
http://www.amytan.net/