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The research I did for DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD made me curious enough to take a DNA test.

The title of my second book comes from the street in Taipei where my parents first lived.

The fate of my father's student has remained unsolved. Perhaps Zhu doesn't wish to be found.

It seems somehow fitting that the last ghost story should be about my grandmother.

The story of the orphan boy my grandfather welcomed to his home and clinic.

In every family there are sad or shameful secrets that are revealed with great reluctance.

This is the first ancestral story I remember my father telling me and it nearly made it into The Library of Legends.

My mother's cousin lived with them for years. My grandparents arranged her marriage, not expecting tragedy.

Yi Niang was my grandfather Mao's concubine and a thorn in my grandmother's side.

A sacrifice that made my 9-times great-grandfather one of our most revered ancestors.