Gender	Female
Location	cali
Introduction	i am a stay at home mom who just sold my debut novel SILVER PHOENIX : Beyond the Kingdom of Xia. it's a YA asian fantasy to be published by greenwillow books, an imprint of harpercollins in 2009. the sequel and a children's picture book with my chinese brush art will follow! i'm represented by bill contardi of brandt & hochman. and i love pastries and chai lattes. =D
Interests	traveling, eating, writing, blogging, internet surfing, reading, gym, movies, chinese brush painting
Favorite movies	the usual suspects, the princess bride, shall we dance?
Favorite music	coldplay, madonna, the cure, weezer, pet shop boys, green day
Favorite books	LOTR, anna karenina, island of the blue dolphins, a little princess, ballet shoes, dancing shoes, a wrinkle in time, a fairly honourable defeat, the other wind, gifts, tehanu, american gods

You laughed so hard you can't catch your breath. Stick out your tongue and show us what's funny:

i am! =D