Xujun Eberlein is the author of the award-winning story collection href="http://www.amazon.com/Apologies-Forth... Forthcoming. A native of Chongqing, China now living in the Boston area, she is also a widely read essayist and blogger on China. Her stories and essays have appeared in many magazines in the United States, and also in Canada, England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Xujun's literary awards include artist fellowship in fiction/creative nonfiction from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the VCCA’s Goldfarb Non-fiction Fellowship, first prize of the Ledge Fiction Award, second prize of Literal Latte's Essay Awards, honorable mention from Dana Award in the Essay, winner of Tartt Fiction Award and runner-up for Drake Emerging Writer's Award. She is a nominee for the Pushcart Prizes and several Best American series, and received special mention in Pushcart XXXI. Xujun's recent essays on China have appeared at Los Angeles Review of Books ("The Teacher of the Future" http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.ph...), the Atlantic Web ("Another Kind of American History in Chongqing" http://www.theatlantic.com/internatio...), Foreign Policy ("China 2013" http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles...), and elsewhere. She is currently working on a memoir. More information about her writing and literary awards can be found on her website www.xujuneberlein.com and blog http://insideoutchina.blogspot.com/.