About
I am the author of GOOD CHINESE WIFE: A LOVE AFFAIR WITH CHINA GONE WRONG (Sourcebooks, 2014) and BERNARDINE’S SHANGHAI SALON: THE STORY OF THE DOYENNE OF OLD CHINA (Post Hill Press, 2023). I am also co-editor of HONG KONG NOIR (Akashic Books, 2018). I am regular contributor to THE ASIAN REVIEW OF BOKKS and WORLD LITERATURE TODAY.
Featured Work
BERNARDINE’S SHANGHAI SALON: THE STORY OF THE DOYENNE OF OLD CHINA
2023
A biography of Bernardine Szold Fritz, a Jewish woman from Peoria, Illinois who became the center of the 1930s Shanghai arts scene.
