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Selina Li Bi was born to immigrant parents from the Philippines. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead and is also a certified Creativity Coach. Her work has appeared in Nonwhite and Woman- 131 Micro Essays on Being in the World, riksha- Asian American Creative Arts in Action, Cricket, among others. She is the author of the poetry chapbook Displaced and has written several books for the children's educational market. She currently lives in North Dakota and enjoys running and yoga. Sunlight Playing over a Mountain is her debut novel. Visit her online at www.selinalibi.com and find her on Instagram- @selina.libi.
Praise for Sunlight Playing over a Mountain “An extraordinary coming-of-age tale . . . [that] will keep readers turning the pages for answers. Highly recommended, especially for those who grew up in a less-than-magical world.” —School Library Journal, Starred Review “The emotional impact of Jasmine’s struggle to act as her mother’s caretaker is viscerally conveyed without overly dramatizing or romanticizing the situation . . . With narrative priority placed on Jasmine’s emotional journey, this is a realistic depiction of parentification that readers will find to be either validating or eye-opening.” —Booklist “Jasmine contends with racism, the prospect of foster care, first love, and complicated feelings surrounding her mother’s condition, circumstances which Li Bi depicts in dreamlike, Chinese mythology–tinged prose.” —Publishers Weekly “Intriguing . . . Bi’s young adult debut presents original depictions of mental illness that are suffused with Chinese myth and Filipino folklore. Both Jasmine and her mother walk a fine line between fantasy and reality.” —Kirkus Reviews
