Don Lee is an American novelist who spent his childhood in Tokyo and Seoul as the son of a State Department officer. He received his B.A. in English Literature from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and his M.F.A. in from Emerson College. He has also served as the primary editor of the literary journal Ploughshares for 17 years. Lee's earlier work have appeared in GQ, New England Review, American Short Fiction, Kenyon Review, and Glimmer Train, with Voir Dire anthologized in Charlie Chan is Dead 2.

The Color of Ice involves a Tufts University professor recruited as a mole for the US on a highly sensitive Top Secret research.The team is sponsored by both the PRC and The White House. The conflict of trust hovers between the two super powers and a multi-cultural romance develops between the professor the lead scientist.The Beijing to Boston connection has twists and turns will catch the reader by surprise!