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Grace D. Li. The New York Times bestselling heist novel, inspired by the true story of Chinese art disappearing from Western museums. Learn more. An Instant New York Times Bestseller • A Steph Curry Book Club Pick • A #1 Sunday Times Bestseller • NPR’s Best Books of 2022 • New York Times Best Crime Fiction of 2022.
Grace D. Li grew up in Pearland, Texas, and is a graduate of Duke University and Stanford School of Medicine. Her debut novel, Portrait of a Thief, was an instant New York Times bestseller and #1 international bestseller. Her next novel, Anatomy of a Betrayal, is forthcoming.
Apr 5, 2022 · The COVID-19 pandemic hit as Grace D. Li was finishing her first year of medical school. She found herself stuck at home, attending classes on Zoom and barred from setting foot in a hospital.
Grace D. Li grew up in Pearland, Texas, and is a graduate of Duke University, where she studied biology and creative writing. Her debut novel, Portrait of a Thief, was an instant New York Times bestseller, USA Today bestseller, and #1 international bestseller.
edit data. Grace D. Li grew up in Pearland, Texas, and is a graduate of Duke University and Stanford School of Medicine. Her debut novel, PORTRAIT OF A THIEF, was an instant New York Times bestseller and #1 international bestseller. Her next novel, ANATOMY OF A BETRAYAL, is forthcoming.
Portrait of a Thief — Grace D. Li. NYT. Ocean’s Eleven meets The Farewell in Portrait of a Thief, a lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums, about diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity.
Aug 3, 2023 · A few years ago, when Stanford medical student Grace Li was a recent college graduate living in New York, she read news reports about a string of art heists at museums around the world. The stolen works had originally been looted from China, and experts speculated the thefts were a recovery mission to restore the works to their country of origin.
“Grace D. Li is a virtuosic storyteller, and Portrait of a Thief is the most exciting debut I’ve read this year. A thrilling art heist that grapples with the complexities of cultural identity and repatriation, Li’s novel is an intelligent page-turner that will keep you hooked until the very end.”
Grace Li is a Chinese American writer who is currently attending medical school at Stanford University, and who looks forward to the opportunity to tell more stories of diaspora and identity.
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