Ying Chang Compestine is the multi-talented author of 20 books including fiction, picture books, and five cookbooks. Her keen interest in cuisine has led her to weave food into all of her writing-- including cookbooks, novels, and picture books for young readers. Her highly acclaimed novel about her life growing up in China during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party, has received over 30 national awards, and has been included in school syllabi globally. It was also selected for the One Book/One County reading program in Santa Clara California. Her new novel that she co-authored with her son, Secrets of the Terra-Cotta Soldier, has gained worldwide attention and received numerous awards. Critics called it “[an] Indiana Jones-style adventure” and “Cold War China meets Qin Dynasty.” It is now being adapted for an animated TV series.
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