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Biography: 

Cynthia Chin-Lee was born and raised in Washington, D.C., in a family with four older siblings. Her father is a medical doctor and her mother an artist. Cynthia picked up a pen and began writing for fun when she was in the sixth grade. "I liked writing poetry and scribbling in my journal because I found it comforting and therapeutic. I still write for that reason and because I like playing with words."

Cynthia attended Harvard University where she studied East Asian Languages. She spent her junior year abroad at the Mandarin Training Center of National Taiwan Normal University. After graduating from Harvard magna cum laude, Cynthia accepted a graduate fellowship at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, and studied at the University of Hawaii.

Cynthia began her writing career in the technical field for banks and high tech companies, but she has also written freelance articles for magazines and newspapers, as well as taught writing classes at community colleges and universities. She currently works as a technical writer for Sun Microsystems.

Cynthia's first book, Almond Cookies & Dragon Well Tea (Polychrome Publishing, 1993), is an autobiographical tale of friendship. She is also the author of A Is for Asia (Orchard Books, 1997), which Ruminator Review called one of the "Best 100 American Children's Books of the Century," and A Is for the Americas (Orchard Books, 1999), which was an NCSS/CBC Notable Children's Book in Social Studies in 2000.

Cynthia's first book with Charlesbridge is Amelia to Zora: Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World, illustrated by Megan Halsey and Sean Addy.

Cynthia Chin-Lee lives in Palo Alto, California, with her husband and two children.

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Akira to Zoltan: Twenty-Six Men Who Changed the World Author: Cynthia Chin-Lee   Illustrators: Sean Addy, Megan Halsey ISBN: 978-1-57091-579-6 Ages: 8 - and up Availability: In stock. Price: $15.95 A companion to Amelia to Zora, Akira to Zoltán features 26 contemporary men. Diverse in occupation as well as ethnic, religious, and national backgrounds, the book showcases positive role models for kids. Each biography offers a childhood anecdote, an amazing accomplishment, and an inspiring quote. "The profiles are clearly, even eloquently written, and include just the right amount of detail and information about work and ethics for the target audience." — Booklist "A worthy purchase, both in informational and illustrative terms, this title provides a starting place for research on any of these figures as it demonstrates the importance of passion in work." — School Library Journal Qty:

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Amelia to Zora: Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World Author: Cynthia Chin-Lee   Illustrators: Megan Halsey, Sean Addy ISBN: 978-1-57091-522-2 Ages: 8 and up - 0 Availability: In stock. Price: $16.95 Twenty-six amazing women; twenty-six amazing stories. From Amelia Earhart, pilot and adventurer, to Zora Neal Hurston, writer and anthropologist, learn about the hardships and triumphs that inspired each woman to change her world and the world around her. ". . . this one is very smart—in design, art, and choice of subject."           — Booklist, starred review "With spirited language and marvelous collages, an abecedarium of contemporary women take flight. . . An inspiration and a delight."           — Kirkus Reveiws, starred review Qty:

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