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Bonnie Tsui

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/bonnietsui

born

New York

gender

female

website

http://www.americanchinatown.com

genre

Nonfiction

member since

October 2008

About this author

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Bonnie Tsui is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. A former editor at Travel + Leisure, she has written for The Atlantic Monthly, Mother Jones, and Conde Nast Traveller. She is the author of American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods, and the editor of A Leaky Tent Is a Piece of Paradise, a collection of essays on the outdoors. She is also a recipient of the Radcliffe Traveling Fellowship, the Lowell Thomas Award for Travel Journalism, and the Jane Rainie Opel Award.

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Books by Bonnie Tsui

Average rating: 3.26 · 117 ratings · 26 reviews · 3 distinct works

	A Leaky Tent Is a Piece of Paradise: 20 Young Writers on Finding a Place in the Natural World 3.44 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	American Chinatown: A People's History of Five Neighborhoods 3.06 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	She Went to the Field: Women Soldiers of the Civil War 3.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:

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November 2009, Bonnie Tsui
" Quick Start SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words? BT: A happy adventure -- I'm lucky to be here. General Questions SS: What were your previous occupations? BT: Artist assistant to my father; lifeguard; editor SS: What was/is your favo..." ...More

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