JANIE CHANG is a Canadian novelist who draws upon family history for her writing. She grew up listening to stories about ancestors who encountered dragons, ghosts, and immortals and about family life in a small Chinese town in the years before the Second World War. She has a degree in computing science and is a graduate of The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University.

She is the author of Three Souls and Dragon Springs Road, both of which were longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. Dragon Springs Road has been a Globe and Mail National Bestseller. Born in Taiwan, Janie has lived in the Philippines, Iran, Thailand, and New Zealand. She now lives in beautiful Vancouver, Canada, with her husband and Mischa, a rescue cat who thinks the staff could be doing a better job.

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