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	John Barron Vote For Me! The Long Road to the White House JOHN BARRON is a journalist and documentary-maker. He presents a daily, national news and current affairs program on ABC NewsRadio. John has followed American politics for many years, and has reported on several US Presidential elections. He has made a documentary on the Obama campaign with his wife, film-maker Rebecca Glenn. When not following the campaign trail they live in Sydney. read more
	Tim Cope In the Steppes of the Nomads Writer and filmmaker TIM COPE trained as a wilderness guide in the artic region of Finland in 1999. He then embarked on a 10 000 kilometre journey across Russia, Mongolia and China by bicycle which resulted in the book, Off the Rails, Moscow to Beijing by Bike. (Penguin). In 2006, Tim was named Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and he is also one of the youngest members of London’s Royal Geographic Society. read more
	Marion Frith The Child’s Book of Alphabet Treasures Creator MARION FRITH is a long-time print journalist and artist. She was prompted to produce The Child’s Book of Alphabet Treasures as a result of children’s persistent fascination with her own fantastic and eccentric collections, sorted by letter in old cedar filing cabinets in her home. read more
	Fritz Hoffmann Capitalist Road (photography and words) Photographer FRITZ HOFFMANN was the first foreign photographer since 1949 to be granted Chinese journalist accreditation to reside outside of Beijing. For over a decade Hoffmann has shot for Fortune, TIME, Newsweek, National Geographic, Forbes and Business Week magazines. He holds over 10,000 images of China. read more
	Mark Kitto China Cuckoo: How I lost a fortune and found a life in China MARK KITTO finally found his vocation in China where he created a unique publishing empire. He made millions but then lost it all to his Communist Party partners. Rejecting corporate life he now lives peacefully with his Chinese wife and family in a village built by missionaries. He also writes a column on China for the UK’s Prospect Magazine. read more
	Carmen Michael Chasing Bohemia: Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro CARMEN MICHAEL first visited Brazil in 2003 for a holiday, and has been there ever since. After completing a degree in Economics at the University of Sydney, she worked in the travel industry checking out every corner of the globe. She contributed to Lonely Planet’s Rio de Janeiro Guide, set up www.womantraveller.com and also writes for Qantas magazine. read more
	Ben McNeil The Clean Industrial Revolution: Growing Australian Prosperity in a Greenhouse Age BEN McNEIL is leading the new generation of experts in climate change and energy policy. After working as a research fellow at Princeton University, he returned to Australia in 2004, where he is now a senior research fellow at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. read more
	Theresa Miller Making Babies: Personal IVF Stories THERESA MILLER has twenty years’ experience in the media, starting as a reporter at Channel Nine News in Adelaide. She then moved to the UK and worked for Good Morning Britain, BskyB’s 24-hour news channel, The European Business Channel, and CNN’s World Report. She and her husband now live in Sydney with their IVF daughter, Zoë, and their recently born ‘home grown’ baby, Sienna. read more
	Michael McQueen Memento MICHAEL McQUEEN is a 26-year old professional speaker and the founder of an international training consultancy called Nexgen Impact www.nexgenimpact.com. Michael speaks to over 20,000 people each year in Australia & South East Asia on the topic of connecting generations. read more
	Mina Choi Lonely China: Recollections from a one child world MINA CHOI is a writer based in Shanghai. Before moving to China four years ago with her husband and two children she worked in Los Angeles writing screenplays. She has been writing articles, essays and columns about her experiences in China including That's Shanghai, South China Morning Post, China International Business and Oriental Outlook. She graduated from Yale university with a degree in Literature. read more
	John Pomfret Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China Formerly the Washington Post’s bureau chief in Beijing and Los Angeles, JOHN POMFRET was named the editor of the Post’s Outlook section in 2007. In 2003 he won the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Asian Journalism and in 2007 won the Shorenstein Prize for coverage of Asia. He lives near Washington DC with his wife and family. read more
	Craig Silvey Jasper Jones CRAIG SILVEY grew up on an orchard in Dwellingup Western Australia. He now lives in Fremantle, where at the age of 19, he wrote his blindingly successful first novel, Rhubarb, published by Fremantle Press in 2004. Outside of literature, Silvey is the singer/songwriter for the band The Nancy Sikes! read more
	Murong Xuecun Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu MURONG, one of contemporary China’s most famous authors, was born in 1974. After graduating from Beijing’s University of Political Science and Law he worked as a lawyer, and senior sales manager for a car company. He started to write in 2001. In 2002 when his novel Leave Me Alone, Chengdu took China by storm, Murong gave up his job, and devoted himself to writing full time. read more
	Neil Greer The Third Party Originally from Virginia, NEIL GREER has spent the last fourteen years working in finance across Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia. He now lives in Shanghai, where he is married with a daughter. He began writing in 1999 after attending the seminar “Story” taught by Robert McKee. Neil is working on a second book taking place in Shanghai, Burma and Macau. read more
	Lijia Zhang Socialism is Great! a worker's memoir of the new China Lijia Zhang was born and raised in Nanjing. Her articles have appeared in many international publications, including South China Morning Post, Japan Times, The Independent, Washington Times, and Newsweek. She is a regular speaker on BBC Radio and NPR. She lives in Beijing with her two daughters. read more