I feel like I'm juggling a dozen books this week. I'm in the middle of three and almost finished with another. But when I received a GoodReads raffle prize today, I dropped everything this evening to read my new book.It's The Travels of Ching (Denio Press) by Robert Bright, … [Read more...]
If this flat could talk
It seems like ages ago that I hung out with my friend Jean (who I call Janice in GOOD CHINESE WIFE) in her Kowloon apartment, pictured in this photo.We haven't seen each other since I remarried on a very cold and blustery Chicago day seven years ago. Now Jean is back, married … [Read more...]
Publication date and other book news!
Today I had my first meeting with my editor at Sourcebooks! Stephanie, my agent Carrie, and I spoke for almost an hour. It felt like we were all old friends soon after the meeting started.I'm excited to work on a few more revisions over the next several months. The manuscript … [Read more...]
An evening with Jennifer Cody Epstein
Four or five years ago I had just joined a new synagogue and had taken my oldest son Jake to a program one evening. Our rabbi was also new, and in a conversation that evening about books he mentioned that his sister-in-law is a writer. I figured I probably wouldn't know of her … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Hong Kong Noir
When I learned about Feng Chi-shun's new book, Hong Kong Noir (Blacksmith Books, 2012), I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. This week it arrived from Hong Kong. And just as I expected, it was a page-turner.Feng Chi-shun wrote the memoir, Diamond Hill (Blacksmith Books, … [Read more...]
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