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Works
She has produced works that are set in Guyana, the United Kingdom, and Canada that often deal with the idea of traditional Chinese values and culture. The representation of these particular belief systems is demonstrated through her emphasis on her attitude towards death within her works. Although Shinebourne is only of Chinese ancestry and has not lived in China, the use of these ideologies is why she is defined as a Chinese Diaspora writer. Yet, she has shown skepticism with her identity and its consideration as being real chinese.

The Last Ship: is one of Shinebourne's latest novels to be published. This story is about a family that arrived in Guyana on The Admiral, the last ship to bring indentured Chinese workers. Through the main character, Clarice Chung, and her family, Shinebourne explores the issues of identity through the history of slavery/indenture in the Caribbean. Clarice's character puts a lot of emphasis on purity of Chinese ancestry. Shinebourne demonstrates the struggles involved with the integration of different cultures to better explain Guyanese-Chinese history.

Judith Misrahi-Barak "Looking In, Looking Out: The Chinese-Caribbean Diaspora through literature --Meiling Jin, Patricia Powell, Jan Lowe Shinebourne" Journal of Transnational American Studies 4 (1): 1–15. Retrieved 19 April 2015.