Author Description

Introduction Baby Pavilion is a novel and screenplay written by Mandy Hu, a Chinese born American author currently residing in the United States. The story follows a girl named Tina and her magical journey from China to the United States after her adoption as a toddler by an American family which later becomes one of the richest in the world. In her late 20s, while completing her OB & GYN residency, Tina becomes preoccupied with her origin in China, and travels back to China on a voyage of discovery to explore her roots. Mandy Hu is a Chinese born American novelist, screenwriter and film producer. Mandy has published fourteen books in Singapore, China and the United States. She also wrote and produced the short film Blind Date. Mandy's English short story Snow Peas was selected for publication in the Ninth Annual Los Angeles Nano Anthology, Alien Gaze. Mandy earned a Master Degree with Graduate Certificates in Creative Writing and Cinema Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Mandy read the Dream of the Red Chamber in her childhood, and her graceful, generous writing style is heavily influenced by the Chinese novel. A graduate of Nankai University, Mandy worked as a reporter at the Tianjin Daily prior to living in Singapore, where she published two books, one a collection of essays called China Girl, and the other a documentary report titled Witnessing the Economy of China. Mandy's first novel, Soaring Over America, was published in 2013 in China by The Writers Publishing House. Four collections of Essays written by Mandy, titled White House Invitational, Youth Unique, Wisdom of Love and Memories of Singapore, as well as a collection of novellas, called Road Back Home, were published separately by Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing House in 2015. A World Beneath the Stars (also titled White House Calling), the author's second book about Americ