Allison Hong Merrill Signs Her Own Permission Slip
She arrived from Taiwan at 22 unable to open a bank account. Allison Hong Merrill on the rules we inherit, the debts we do not owe, and signing your own permission slip.
Premieres Tuesday, November 17, 6:00 a.m. Mountain
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“Give myself permission. Sign my own permission slip.”Allison Hong Merrill
Allison Hong Merrill
Allison Hong Merrill is a Taiwanese immigrant who came to the United States at 22 on a scholarship. She earned an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and writes in both Chinese and English.
Her memoir, Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops, has won more than 60 book awards, including the Grand Prize of the Millennium Book Award in the UK and the Grand Prize of the Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards. Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times and HuffPost.
A Wall Street Journal best-selling author and keynote speaker, she was named a 2023 "Woman of Impact" by Focus on Women Magazine. She adapted The Paper Daughters of Chinatown for young readers with Heather B. Moore, and she and Esther are two of the eight co-authors of The Not-So-Secret Lives of REAL "Mormon" Wives.
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