Lynn Pan (born 1945 in Shanghai), also Ling Pan, is an author and an expert on the Overseas Chinese. Her best-known book is Sons of the Yellow Emperor. She has lived in Shanghai, Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), England, Geneva, Helsinki, Hong Kong and Singapore.
In Search of Old Shanghai (1982), ISBN 962-04-0195-6
Old Shanghai: Gangsters in Paradise (1984), ISBN 962-225-164-1
China's Sorrow: Journeys Around the Yellow River (1985), ISBN 0-7126-0732-3 (published in the U.S. as Into China's Heart: An Émigré's Journey Along the Yellow River)
The New Chinese Revolution (1987), ISBN 0-241-12038-1
Sons of the Yellow Emperor: The Story of the Overseas Chinese (1990), ISBN 0-436-35374-1 (U.S.: Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora)
Tracing It Home: Journeys Around a Chinese Family (1992), ISBN 0-436-35375-X
True to Form: A Celebration of the Art of the Chinese Craftsman (2000), ISBN 9627283150
The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas (1999), ISBN 0-7007-1122-8 (ed.)
Shanghai Style: Art and Design Between the Wars (2008), ISBN 978-1-59265-078-1