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Ying Chang Compestine

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  Award winning author and dynamic public speaker, Ying is the author of many children's books, cookbooks and novels. Ying has been featured on many national television programs and she has been profiled in national magazines and newspapers.
  Ying has visited schools throughout the US and abroad, sharing with students her journey as a writer, how her life in China inspired her writing, and the challenges of writing in her second language.
  Ying is the spokesperson for
Nestle Maggi and Celestial Seasonings and a regular contributor to the national magazines Cooking Light, Ski, EatingWell, Self, Men's Health, and Delicious Living and Diablo. She was the food editor for Body & Soul, a Martha Stewart magazine that focuses on healthy living.
  Ying has lectured on a variety of subjects at writer's conferences and universities, aboard cruise ships, on television and radio programs, and for numerous other organizations.

Ying is available to talk about her books to book clubs in person or by telephone or online

Chinese version: 張 瀛 簡 介

Chinese interview on Talk Tonight, featuring Boy Dumplings and Banquet

 

NEW THIS FALL!

A new pair of frighteningly delicious books.

Click here to download a radio interview

A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts is a unique menu of shivery ghost stories for young adults.

 Reviews for Banquet:

Laced with beautiful (as well as lurid) images, Compestine's memorable stories should prove difficult to shake.
—Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

This will whet the appetites of a
certain type of ghost gourmet
with a sophisticated palate..."
—Kirkus Reviews

"Seasoned with ghostly irony, this banquet is sure to satisfy readers."
— SLJ

This collection offers up enough fright—and food
— Horn

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Watch Ying make dumplings!

Boy Dumplings tells the exciting tale of a little boy trying to outwit a hungry ghost.
 

 Reviews for Boy Dumplings:

This crowd-pleaser will make a delicious storytime alternative
Booksense

Children will delight in the ghost's gullibility.... Compestine's haunting tale is an entertaining,not-too-scary offering.
Publisher's Weekly

...a classic trickster tale, developing both characters and premise with humor.
Kirkus Reviews

Exciting storytelling and Chinese culinary traditions create a delicious book for young readers.
— San Francisco Chronicle

 

 

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Revolution is not a Dinner Party is now available in paperback! You can read the awards, reviews, interviews and discussion guide here.

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