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Currently living in Macau, Deb is an academic editor with a focus in medicine, veterinary medicine, and nursing. She has worked in peer-reviewed research in Canada and the US; and at a number of universities, editing courses in subjects from anaesthesia to water treatment. She particularly enjoys working with multi-language authors.

Anne is an experienced editor and writer in educational publishing. Previously, she worked as an editorial consultant at Oxford University Press and as an editor in the K-12 ELT division at McGraw-Hill Education and Time Life in Hong Kong. Anne is the author of a series of six dinosaur books for young children published by Marshall Cavendish.

Brought up in Hong Kong to British and Macanese parents, Lindsay is a true Third Culture Kid with a passion for all things Hong Kong. Her book "Sunset Survivors" is a tribute to her love for Hong Kong.

Elizabeth Vongsaravanh is a native of Hungary. She is currently operating a cosy 1920s-style cocktail bar in Luang Prabang. Her art and writing are a reflection of her constant need to change, and a constant desire for permanence. A petal in the wind, a rock at the bottom of a lake, she strives to find balance through creation.

Nicole has been a journalist for 30 years and worked at Sky News as a presenter for a decade before moving to Hong Kong in 2010 and then China in 2014 with her hotelier husband. Now back in Sydney Nicole works in all things media and has recently found her passion for doing author/book publicity after publishing her own memoir 'China Blonde'.

Kaori West is an artist and a flautist. Born in Tokyo, married to an Englishman, she is a mother of three. After working in architectural firms and investment banks in US and Japan, she moved to Hong Kong in 2007.

Pam has been illustrating for 40 years, living in New York, London, Europe and Hong Kong. Her permanent studio is in London.
She sketched the lead up to and during the handover in 1997 and has followed the dramatic changes in Hong Kong over the years. Currently, in London, she is completing the book, "From British Hong Kong to Chinese Sovereignty".

Natalie is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s Writing for Screen and Television program and has experience developing original TV projects in the US, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Natalie writes about people trying to find happiness in worlds that don’t allow it and currently runs a food blog about food she doesn’t like.

Foremost a rider – side saddle her favourite seat – this former consultant to the British Equestrian Federation was inspired to write a book about the horses of China following a visit to breeder friends in Kentucky. She has since received a grant from the HKADC and a publication offer from Homa and Sekey for a scheduled book release in the USA in 2020.

Polly provides rapid and efficient layout and design with competitive rates. Her major clients include "The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report" by Dr Marc Faber, the Royal Geographical Society ("The Globe"), Zetland Hall (annual calendar), India Capital Fund (financial statements) and many more.