An Excerpt from “The Forest for the Trees” by Leslie Li
Leslie Li’s book is a dark comedy about a clash of cultures and generations, a biracial coming-of-age story, and a psychological thriller about inherited trauma.
Leslie Li
Winner of the 2023 Big Moose Prize for her novel The Forest for the Trees, Leslie Li is also the author of the novel Bittersweet; the culinary memoir Daughter of Heaven; and Just Us Girls, the companion book to her feature-length documentary The Kim Loo Sisters. Her awards include a Tennessee Williams Scholarship in Fiction and grants from New York State Council for the Arts, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Chinese Heritage Foundation. Bittersweet and Daughter of Heaven have been translated into five languages. She lives in New York and spends as much time as she can in Bali, Indonesia.