Daughter of Winberg Chai, May-Lee Chai is the author of the novel "My Lucky Face". Her short stories have been published in various publications, including "Seventeen, "the "North American Review, "and the "Missouri Review. "A former reporter for the Associated Press, she has also taught creative writing at San Francisco State University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Chai has Master's degrees from Yale University and the University of Colorado at Boulder.