Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Lin's mother, Ni Ni, will be a chef at Ni Burmese, the Journal Sentinel reported in May. "We grew up having restaurants in Burma," Lin said.

I really, really wanted to do it after I read my older brother’s books, and then, I got into one of my other favorite authors, Ni-Ni Simone, in middle school. I would say that their writing ...