I am so excited to feature Samantha Verant as my February author! Samantha and I share the same publisher for our memoirs and both have Chicago roots. When I asked about featuring her this month, she came up with the fabulous idea of doing an interview! I was sold and from now on … [Read more...]
Vicki Baum
I usually feature living authors each month, but to start the new year I thought I would showcase one of my favorites and someone I thought about when I recently traveled back to Shanghai--and the Peace Hotel--for the first time in 20 years.Vicki Baum was an author, woman, … [Read more...]
Kay Bratt
I first learned of Kay Bratt when I read her heart-wrenching China memoir, Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage (Mariner Books, 2011). Her voice and story drew me in and I've been hooked ever since.Kay Bratt now mostly writes fiction set in contemporary … [Read more...]
Ray Hecht
I met Ray Hecht last year at a book reading in Hong Kong and it was there that I heard he was coming out with a new novel this year. I recently read and reviewed this novel, South China Morning Blues (Blacksmith Books, 2015), a clever and unique story of twelve young people in … [Read more...]
Weina Dai Randel
I first came across Weina Dai Randel on a Yahoo group of authors who write novels set in Asia. She always seemed upbeat and enthusiastic to share her knowledge of publishing. We bonded later when she signed a two-book deal with Sourcebooks, the same house that published Good … [Read more...]
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