Born in Taiwan, FANG-LING JONG was educated at National Taiwan University and the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. Her articles and columns on books and authors have appeared in newspapers and magazines in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the United States. The first edition of My Love Affair with Bookshops, published in 1997, is the first book in the Chinese language composed of intimate profiles of Western booksellers. The second edition of the book was published in 2002. She has also published Book Paradise in both Taiwan and Mainland China editions. In addition to her writing, she works as a publishing & bookselling consultant for the book trade in the Chinese-speaking regions. She divides her time between San Francisco and Taipei.
