Book I of Southern Swallow Series – 12th Century scholar Li K'ai-men takes command of his first official assignments during a time of political unrest and barbarian invasions.
Brooklyn-based author of "The Painter from Shanghai" (a sprawling novel of art and love in China, which the New York Times calls "luminous" and "and irresistible story" and Publishers' Weekly raves (in a starred review) "captivates to the last line." I also write obscure short stories about family angst, sexual misadventures and odd but enlightening travel experiences.
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I'm a former journalist for organizations including the Wall Street Journal, Knight-Ridder and NBC who has worked extensively both in Asia and in the US. My fiction has appeared in Thema, Carve, Small Spiral Notebook and Confrontation Magazines. I majored in English and Asian Studies at Amherst College, have a degree in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins SAIS, and an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. I live in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn with my husband Michael, a documentary filmmaker, and our two daughters.
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Hartford, CT USA
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My children.
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c/o Elizabeth Sheinkman Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket
London NY SW1Y-4SP
UK
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