Adeline Yen Mah Author & Editor

Adeline Yen Mah lives in California after growing up in Tianjin and Shanghai in China, Hong Kong and England. She studied medicine but gave up her career as a physician to become a full-time writer. After the death of her stepmother, she felt compelled to write her story and the result, Falling Leaves, became an international bestseller. Adeline later adapted it for children under the title ChineseCinderella. She has written several other books for adults and children including ChineseCinderella and the Secret Dragon Society, an adventure based on her own made-up stories when she was a lonely child.