Books
Lonely Planet Guide to China
Fodor’s Guide to France
The Unsavvy Traveler
I’m a published travel writer but am looking for an agent for a recently completed historical/fantasy young adult book called DRAGONS ON THE MAP as well a nearly finished memoir called SAILING TO PANGAEA, about how travel and adventure saved me from mentally ill parents.
Mei is a 13-year-old girl who’s having trouble fitting in at her new southern California school after moving from Hong Kong and traveling all over the world with her filmmaker parents. Then she starts imagining a dragon in school who takes on bullies, torches boring homework assignments on fire, and leads her to a Mongolian desert and a map that seem strangely familiar…
Articles
Wall Street Journal Associated Press National Geographic Adventure
FEATURE ARTICLES
What It Takes: Playing Tag With Great White Sharks, National Geographic Advenure Magazine, March 2008
Volunteer Research Trips: Get Scientific, National Geographic Adventure Magazine, October 2007
First Helicopter Landing on Everest, National Geographic Adventure Magazine, October 2007
The Tattooed Executive: Body Piercings Gain Acceptance in the Office, The Wall Street Journal, August 2003
Digital Coloring Gains Popularity in Hollywood, The Wall Street Journal, August 2003
Suburban Las Vegas Vacations, The Wall Street Journal, July 2003
Hospice Helps Parents Cope With Terminally Ill Children, The Associated Press, May 2004
Gay Marriage Supporters Sending Flowers, The Associated Press, February 2004
Compared With This, Noah Had It Easy, Los Angeles Times, December 2003
African Frogs Threaten San Francisco Area, The Associated Press, May 2004
Chinese Tourists Travel Abroad For the First Time, Honolulu Advertiser, July 2002
Organic Defined, San Jose Mercury News, October 2002
Some Witches Still Celebrating After Halloween, San Francisco Chronicle, November 2002
BREAKING NEWS
Soldier Describes Unclear Guidance at Abu Ghraib Prison, The San Jose Mercury News, May 2004
Fear of Seeming Unpatriotic Prevented Critical Iraq Reporting, The Boston Globe, March 2004
Teen Dies After Taking Abortion Pill, USA Today, September 2003
After Blackout, Hotels Rethink Disaster Plans, The Wall Street Journal, April 2003
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
“Where Would Jesus Shop?” chapter in WalMart: The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Everyday Low Prices is Hurting America, by BusinessWeek’s Tony Bianco, 2007
“Underneath the Golden Arches,” The Unsavvy Traveler: Women’s Comic Tales of Disaster, 2005
Introduction to The Women of Paris and Their French Revolution, Francois Godineau, 1997 (translation from French)
Lonely Planet’s Guide to China
Fodor’s Guide to Southeast Asia
Fodor’s Guide to Paris