DENISE CHONG is the author of the family memoir The Concubine's Children; The Girl in the Picture, a story of the napalm girl from the Vietnam War; and Egg on Mao, a portrayal of human rights in China. She worked in the public service at the Department of Finance and was the senior economic advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In 2013, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She lives with her family in Ottawa.
Praise for Egg on Mao:
"Extraordinary . . . useful, timely and devastating . . . as
insightful about everyday China as anything I have read. . . . A
coming of age memoir, a suspenseful action tale and a prison
documentary—all of them handled with astonishing
adroitness." —John Fraser, Literary Review of Canada
"Chong is a masterful storyteller. . . . Egg on Mao is a lovely and
fascinating look at not only China, but also the power of
friendship and human decency." —Quill & Quire
"Egg on Mao speaks the universal language of human rights." —The
Daily News
"Exquisite. . . . This is a gem of a book, strong in its treatment
of substance, superb in its expression." —Winnipeg Free Press
Praise for The Concubine's Children:
"Beautiful, haunting and wise, [The Concubine's Children] lingers
in the mind like a portrait one returns to in a family album, and
elicits the same mysterious response of love, melancholy and
pride." —The New York Times Book Review
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