Stella Dong

Stella Dong is the author of many historical books on China, most notably ''Shanghai 1842-1949: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City'' , ''Peking'' and ''Sun Yat-sen'' . Born in Seattle, she worked for several magazines before her first book. She is known for her perceptive articles on Chinese-American writers, and has a regular column on American-Asian cultural affairs in Hong Kong's ''South China Morning Post''. She has also written for the ''New York Times'' and ''Washington Post''.