Life← Previous revisionRevision as of 11:21, 23 October 2026 Line 4: Line 4: ==Life== ==Life== Epstein resides in [[New York City]] with her husband and daughters. She has a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in Fiction from Columbia University, a Masters in International Relations from Johns Hopkins and a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies and English from Amherst College.Epstein, Jennifer Cody. “Bio.” Jennifer Cody Epstein. N.p., 2014. Web.{{Cite web |last=Barragán |first=Carlos |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Jennifer Cody Epstein '03 Returns with a New Novel |url=https://arts.columbia.edu/news/jennifer-cody-epstein-03-returns-new-novel |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Columbia University School of the Arts}} Epstein resides in [[New York City]]. She has a [[Master of Fine Arts]] degree in Fiction from Columbia University, a Masters in International Relations from Johns Hopkins and a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies and English from Amherst College.Epstein, Jennifer Cody. “Bio.” Jennifer Cody Epstein. N.p., 2014. Web.{{Cite web |last=Barragán |first=Carlos |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Jennifer Cody Epstein '03 Returns with a New Novel |url=https://arts.columbia.edu/news/jennifer-cody-epstein-03-returns-new-novel |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Columbia University School of the Arts}} She has written for ''[[Lit Hub]]'', ''[[McSweeney's]]'', ''[[Bookriot]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal Asia|The Asian Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Nation (Thailand)|The Nation]]'' (Thailand), ''[[Self (magazine)|Self]]'', and ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]]'' magazines. Epstein has also worked in Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan, where she lived for five years as a student, teacher, and journalist, as well as in Hong Kong and Bangkok. She was a finalist for the 2024 Edgar Award for Best Novel, was long listed for the 2020 Simpson/Joyce carol Oates Literary Prize, and was awarded the 2014 Asia Pacific American Librarians Association Honor Award for fiction. She currently teaches creative writing at Stony Brook University's Lichtenstein Center.{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/lichtenstein-center/about/who-we-are.php#/faculty |website=Stony Brook University |access-date=April 25, 2025}} and has also taught at Columbia University in the United States, and internationally at [[Doshisha University]] in [[Kyoto, Japan]]. She has written for ''[[Lit Hub]]'', ''[[McSweeney's]]'', ''[[Bookriot]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal Asia|The Asian Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Nation (Thailand)|The Nation]]'' (Thailand), ''[[Self (magazine)|Self]]'', and ''[[Mademoiselle (magazine)|Mademoiselle]]'' magazines. Epstein has also worked in Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan, where she's lived for over five years as a student, teacher, and journalist, as well as in Hong Kong and Bangkok. She was a finalist for the 2024 Edgar Award for Best Novel, was long listed for the 2020 Simpson/Joyce carol Oates Literary Prize, and was awarded the 2014 Asia Pacific American Librarians Association Honor Award for fiction. She currently teaches at Stony Brook University, where she directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing. She has also taught at Columbia University in the United States, and internationally at [[Doshisha University]] in [[Kyoto, Japan]]. Epstein’s debut novel, ''The Painter from Shanghai'', is the fictionalized biography of [[Pan Yuliang]] who lived from 1895 to 1977. She was a female Chinese painter who was revolutionary in bringing Western painting styles to China. It took Epstein ten years to complete the novel, which she has noted “is not a factual account of Pan Yuliang’s life, [it is] a re-imagining.”Dill, Margo. “20 Questions answered by Jennifer Cody Epstein.”. Web. 25 Nov. 2014 Epstein did much research, helping her to accurately portray the characters and the period.Towers, Sarah. “The Emperor’s Club.” ''The New York Times''. 23 Mar 2008. Web. The novel was an international bestseller, published in 14 countries. Epstein’s debut novel, ''The Painter from Shanghai'', is the fictionalized biography of [[Pan Yuliang]] who lived from 1895 to 1977. She was a female Chinese painter who was revolutionary in bringing Western painting styles to China. It took Epstein ten years to complete the novel, which she has noted “is not a factual account of Pan Yuliang’s life, [it is] a re-imagining.”Dill, Margo. “20 Questions answered by Jennifer Cody Epstein.”. Web. 25 Nov. 2014 Epstein did much research, helping her to accurately portray the characters and the period.Towers, Sarah. “The Emperor’s Club.” ''The New York Times''. 23 Mar 2008. Web. The novel was an international bestseller, published in 14 countries.