Stella Dong
Stella Dong is the author of many historical books on China, most notably "Shanghai 1842-1949: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City" (Harpers), "Peking: Heart of the Celestial Empire" (Formasia) and "Sun Yat-sen: Enigmatic Revolutionary" (Formasia). Born in Seattle, she worked for several magazines before her first book. She is known for her perceptive articles on Chinese-American writers, and has a regular column on American-Asian cultural affairs in Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post". She has also written for the "New York Times" and "Washington Post".