Yili

伊犁，原名潘秀媚，浙江溫州人，生在家鄉，十歲去了香港，完成中小學教育，1967年隨同父母遠去巴黎，在巴黎讀語言學校，在新環境所見所聞感受特深，開始對寫作非常嚮往。次年去英國修讀護理，獲得註冊護士及助產士文憑。1973年移居美國，婚后進入波士頓麻州大學修讀英文系。1977年遷居加州, 曾在舊金山州立大學寫作班進修，後定居南加州。在洛城華人社區工作多年，對新舊移民的遭遇感同身受，一直創作不斷。作品題材廣泛，內容反映華裔移民在美國社會生存的掙扎與心態，中西文化的沖突，多是短，中篇小說，近年以寫散文與隨筆為主，自2009年起，在世界日報部落格設網站「有情人生」。為海外華文女作家協會永久會員，美國德維文學協會顧問。曾出版過《泥土》，《寶貝丈夫》，《十萬美金》，《紅地毯的陷阱》，《殺嬰》，《美金的代價》，《愛上孤獨忘記寂寞》，《等待綠卡》等多部小說及散文集。

Yili, pen name for Shau May Yung, was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. At the age of ten she immigrated to Hong Kong to be reunited with her parents. After she graduated from high school in 1967, she moved to Paris with her parents. The following year she went to England to attend nursing school. In 1973 she came to Boston and got married. She later studied English at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. In 1977 she went to San Francisco State University to study creative writing. A year later she and her husband settled in Los Angeles. For many years she worked in a Chinese community center, helping immigrants settle in a new country. Her writing career started with stories of these immigrants. Themes reflected their struggle for survival and the clash between Eastern and Western cultures. Over several decades she has written many short stories and essays. Recently she has been writing blogs on the website of World Journal and other websites. She is a Lifetime Member for the Overseas Chinese Women Writers Association, and an Advisory Board Member of The Way Literary Association. She has published several volumes of fiction and essays in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.