Da Chen (born in 1962[1] in Fujian, China[2]) is a Chinese author whose works include Brothers, China's Son, Sounds of the River, Sword, and Colors of the Mountain. A graduate of Beijing Language and Culture University and Columbia Law School, Da Chen lives in the Hudson Valley in New York with his wife, the paranormal romance author Sunni, and two children.[3] Brothers has been awarded best book of 2006 by The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald and Publishers' Weekly.[4]