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Vaddey Ratner

Vaddey Ratner
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Vaddey Ratner

Vaddey Ratner was five years old when the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975. After four years, having endured forced labor, starvation, and near execution, she escaped while many of her family members perished. In 1981, she arrived in the U.S. as a refugee not knowing English and, in 1990, went on to graduate as her high school class valedictorian. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Cornell University, where she specialized in Southeast Asian history and literature. In recent years she traveled and lived in Cambodia and Southeast Asia, writing and researching, which culminated in her debut novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan. She lives in Potomac, Maryland.

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WWeek, October 5, 2011
...I’ve just started the galley of a novel titled In the Shadow of the Banyan Tree by Vaddey Ratner. It’s about a young Cambodian girl’s experience of the excesses of the Khmer Rouge regime. Is it any good? So far, yes. The setting is of lush...