Yin chang biography books

American writer

Ying Chang Compestine (born March 8, 1963^[1]) is a Chinese American author, speaker, television host and chef.

She has written over twenty-seven books including Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party (novel), based on her life growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution,^[2] and a middle grade novel, Morning Sun in Wuhan,^[3] set in Wuhan, China.

Biography

Ying Chang Compestine was born and raised in Wuhan, China.^[1] Her family was considered "bourgeois," so the Red Guard took her family's belongings and her father was put in jail twice.^[4] Because of the family's difficulties, Compestine was sent to live with her grandparents.^[4]

Compestine earned a degree in English and American literature and taught English in China.^[1] She also worked as an interpreter for China's Bureau of Seismology.^[1]

Compestine graduated with a master's degree in Sociology fro