I was born astride a gap, each foot balanced in the soil of a different culture. On one side was my mother's Chinese-American family, and on the other side, my father's Euro-American family. Writing became a place for me to explore my two distinct cultural heritages.

Raggedy Chan is the story of a Chinese princess who travels to America in search of a way to save her homeland from the curse of Drought Fury. This graphic novel was shaped by the many stories I heard about my grandparents and their not-always-easy lives as Chinese Americans, and my own experience of growing up as a half-Aisian, half-Euro child.

Nanobytes is a collection of speculative flash fiction. These stories were influenced by my childhood love for Euro-based fantasy and science fiction novels. Each story in Nanobytes is written in the Chinese "smoke-long" tradition; that is, each piece is under 1,000 words and can be read in about the time it takes to smoke a cigarette.

Both books are illustrated by graphic artist Joey Manfre. Learn more about Joey at his website.