Bonnie Huie has translated several novels from the Chinese, including women's fiction by bestselling Hong Kong author Amy Cheung and Taiwanese countercultural icon Qiu Miaojin. She also translated the work of Okinawan political novelist Tatsuhiro Ōshiro. She is a recipient of a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her rendition of the short story "Under the Cherry Blossoms" by Japanese modernist Motojirō Kajii.