Luu Dieu Van was born in Vietnam and migrated to the US at a very young age. She is a prolific translator and is currently co-editor of the prominent Vietnamese-English literary magazine Da Mau. She holds an M.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, and devotes time between painting and volunteering for her charity organization that provides support for underprivileged children. She is the author of 47 Minutes After 7 (Van Nghe), M of December (Vagabond Press), and Century of Scapegoating (Van Hoc Press), and co-author of The Transparent Greenness of Grass (Tre Publishing House) and Poems of Lưu Diệu Vân, Lưu Mêlan, Nhã Thuyên (Vagabond Press).