In her upcoming novel, "Paper Names," author Susie Luo explores what it means to be an American, and how that changes over decades.

The novel follows a Chinese-American family and a wealthy, white lawyer whose lives are brought together for several decades after a violent attack.

Luo joined "Mornings On 1" Thursday to provide a sneak peek of the novel and discuss how she wrote the book at night while working as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.

The novel will be released May 2.

Tune in Friday morning on NY1, when the next guest in the "Mornings On 1 Authors Week" series stops by.