Pam Chun is a best-selling author, known for her captivating novels and storytelling abilities. She was born and raised in Hawaii, where she was surrounded by a family of storytellers. Chun attended Punahou and the University of Hawaii, eventually graduating with honors from the University of California, Berkeley.
Chun's first novel, "The Money Dragon," was named one of 2002's Best Books of Hawaii and won the 2003 Ka Palapala Po`okela Award Honorable Mention. Her second novel, "When Strange Gods Call," won the 2005 Ka Palapala Po`okela Award for Excellence. She has been featured on NPR, at the Smithsonian and the National Archives, and in the documentary "Hawaii's Chinatown," which premiered on Hawaii PBS. Chun is also a veteran storyteller at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
In addition to her writing, Chun is an avid gardener and lives with her husband, Trans-Pac sailor Fred J Joyce III, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Despite the fog, drought, and frost, she is able to grow tropical flowers in her garden. She has one son who is a U.S. diplomat stationed overseas with his family. Chun's novels are known for their vivid descriptions and effective dramatization of conflicts between old traditional and fast-paced modernity. Her writing has been praised by critics, with "The Perfect Tea Thief" being described as a "fast-paced and captivating read" and "When Strange Gods Call" being praised for its "lush, sensual land" and "conflict between old traditional and fast-paced modernity."