Diana Chang (New York, NY), the daughter of a Chinese father and Eurasian mother, was born in New York City, but spent some of her childhood in Beijing and Shanghai as well as in the United States. She has taught creative writing at Barnard College, exhibited paintings in solo and group shows, and edited The American Pen. She is the author of A Woman of Thirty, The Only Game in Town, A Passion for Life, Eye to Eye and A Perfect Love, and the poetry collections The Horizon Is Definitely Speaking, What Matisse is After and Earth Water Light.