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Nicole Mones is the prize-winning author of three previous novels, The Last Chinese Chef, Lost in Translation, and A Cup of Light. Her nonfiction writing on China has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Gourmet, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. She is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.