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Apple An

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Historical Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction

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Apple An is an award-winning author, professor emeritus, and cultural memoirist whose writing bridges the lived and the remembered. She was a professor at Syracuse University from 1995 to 2025. Her academic achievements include seven doctoral students, 24 awards and recognitions, and more than 16,500 citations to her 200+ articles and three books in STEM fields. Her work as a founding editor-in-chief and historian for two academic associations reflects a lifelong commitment to intellectual rigor.

But it is in creative storytelling that Apple found her deeper calling. Since 2017, she has written, under her pen name, Apple An, memoirs, short stories, and historical novels that illuminate untold perspectives of Chinese people.

Her debut book, Apple An is an award-winning author, professor emeritus, and cultural memoirist whose writing bridges the lived and the remembered. She was a professor at Syracuse University from 1995 to 2025. Her academic achievements include seven doctoral students, 24 awards and recognitions, and more than 16,500 citations to her 200+ articles and three books in STEM fields. Her work as a founding editor-in-chief and historian for two academic associations reflects a lifelong commitment to intellectual rigor.

But it is in creative storytelling that Apple found her deeper calling. Since 2017, she has written, under her pen name, Apple An, memoirs, short stories, and historical novels that illuminate untold perspectives of Chinese people.

Her debut book, Las Crosses: An Unwavering Journey to a New Life in America, was a finalist in several national book awards and became a category bestseller on Amazon.

Her 2024 historical novel, Mother of Red Mountains: A Novel of a Woman's Journey Through Revolutionary China, marks a new milestone as her first historical fiction. Based on real lives and events, the novel has won over 10 national and international awards across 10 platforms in categories such as Multicultural Fiction, Family Saga, and Women’s Historical Fiction.

Her 2nd historical novel, Daughter of Blue City: A Novel of Coming-of-Age Through Revolutionary China, continues the lives of the main characters in Mother of Red Mountains but is also a standalone book. It achieved the #1 New Release position on Amazon in Historical Chinese Fiction and received multiple awards from five award platforms.

With Georgia A. Popoff, Apple co-edits the Voices Heard Anthology Series, dedicated to emerging and underrepresented writers. 28 Voices came out in 2024, and 37 More Voices is out in 2025.

Apple also created the All-in-One Dotted Journal Notebook, a self-help tool for intentional living, and co-edits the Voices Heard Anthology Series to amplify the voices of emerging and underrepresented authors.

Apple is the mother and guardian of five children who became successful adults. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. A lifelong learner and creative soul, she enjoys tennis, ballroom dancing, gardening, travel, and the arts. Her mission is to preserve cultural memory, foster human connection, and tell stories that linger long after the last page. ...more

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	Las Crosses: An Unwavering Journey to a New Life in America 4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother of Red Mountains 4.05 avg rating — 58 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feisty Deeds II: Historical Tales of Batches and Brews (Feisty Deeds, #2) by Carolyn Korsmeyer (Goodreads Author), Apple An (Goodreads Author), Debra Borchert (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of Blue City: A Novel of Coming-of-Age Through Revolutionary China 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All-in-One Dotted Journal Notebook: For a Busy, Productive & Mindful Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	28 Voices by Apple An (Goodreads Author), Georgia Popoff, Phil Memmer (foreword) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	37 More Voices by Apple An (Goodreads Author), George Popoff (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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- Kindle free ebook: 6/23/2026-6/27/2026

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