Bill Cheng (born 1983) is a Chinese-American writer.[2][3] He is best known for his novel Southern Cross The Dog.[4][5] It follows the story of a boy who survives the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and then spends several decades as a refugee, an abandoned orphan and then an itinerant laborer.[6][7][8] Cheng is known for his sardonic sense of humor and holds an MFA in writing at Hunter College.[9][10]
