Ying compestine

Ying Chang Compestine (Born March 8, 1963) is an award-winning author who has written over 20 books including her novel, Revolution is Not a Dinner Party, which is based on her life growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Early Life
Ying Chang Compestine was born and raised in Wuhan, China where she experienced the Cultural Revolution. She came to the U.S. for graduate school and after both her parents passed away, she began writing to cope with her grief and to reconnect with China. Compestine earned a master's degree in sociology from the University of Colorado. Prior to writing, she taught sociology at colleges and universities in both the U.S. and China.
Early Career
* Adjunct Faculty member, teaching writing at UC Davis, University of Arizona, University of Wisconsin, Arizona State University, UC Boulder
* Adjunct Faculty member, teaching Sociology at Front Range Community College, International College of Beijing
* Chinese-language news broadcaster for Phoenix InfoNews
* Spokesperson for Nestle's Maggi Foods and Celestial Seasonings
* Interpreter for China's Bureau of Seismology
* Food editor for Body + Soul Magazine
Books
Cookbooks
* Cooking With An Asian Accent
* Ying's Best One-Dish Meals: Quick & Healthy Recipes for the Entire Family
* Cooking With Green Tea
* Secrets of Fat-Free Chinese Cooking: Over 120 Low-Fat and Fat-Free, Traditional Chinese Recipes, from Egg Rolls to Almond Cookies
* Secrets from a Healthy Asian Kitchen
Novels
* Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party
* A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts: A Collection of Deliciously Frightening Tales
* Secrets of The Terra-Cotta Soldier
Picture Books
* Crouching Tiger
* The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale
* The Real Story of Stone Soup
* The Runaway Rice Cake
* Boy Dumplings: A Tasty Chinese Tale
* D is For Dragon Dance
* The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes
Amazing Chinese Inventions series
* The Story of Chopsticks
* The Story of Kites
* The Story of Noodles
* The Story of Paper
Awards
* 77th Annual California Book Award for Young Adult Literature
* 2008 ALA Best Books For Young Adults
* 2008 ALA Notable Children's Books
* 2007 Publishers Weekly Best Children's Fiction Book List
* 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Best Children's Fiction Book List
* 2008 Chinese American Librarian Association Best Book
* 2007 New York Public Library 100 Best Titles for Reading and Sharing
* 2007 Fall Book Sense Children's Picks
* 2007 Parent's Choice Silver Honor
* 2007 Cybils Award Nomination for Young Adult Fiction
* 2008 Tayshas Reading List (Texas)
* 2007 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
* 2007 Cleveland Public Library Celebrate With Books
* 2007 Cuyahoga County Public Library Great Books for Kids
* 2008 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People — CBC and the National Council for Social Studies
* 2008 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
* 2008 NCTE Award
* 2008 Capitol Choices — Best Books of the Year, Washington, D.C.
* 2008 New York Public Library's Teen Age List
* 2008 Cooperative Children's Book Center — Best of the Year
* 2008 Bank Street College of Education — Best Children's Book
* 2008 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
* 2008 Book of the Year Award — Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
* 2008 Women's National Book Association's Judy Lopez Memorial Awards Honor
* 2008-09 Maine Student Book Award
* 2008 Notable Children's Books in the English Language Arts
* 2009 ATPE Book of the Month
* 2009 Sakura Medal Book
* 2008-2009 Nominated for the Maine Student Book Award
* 2008 Among 15 books Ranked Best by Publisher's Weekly
* 2009 Nominated for the Nene Award of Hawaii
* Named as one of the Top 3 Books by The Morning Call
* Best Multi-Cultural Books of 2014 Award
* NYPL’s 100 Best Children’s Books of 2014
* Best Fiction on the Bank Street College 2015 List
* The Nerdy Book Club’s Top 10 Historical Fiction List
* Shortlisted for the Hong Kong Golden Dragon Book Award
* CALA Best Book Award of 2014
* Selected as a Notable Book for 2010 by the Children’s Literary Assembly
* Selected by the AARP as a Grandparent’s Book for Children
* Winner of the Panda Book Award in China
* Winner of The Morning Calm Award in South Korea
* The Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book of 2011
* CCBC Choices for 2012
* Featured title at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore
* 2013 Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award (WCCPBA)Nominee
* 2012 Storytelling World Resource Award
* 2012 California Collections List, for school libraries
* Scholastic Book Club Choice
* 2011 Lasting Connections Top 30 Titles from Booklist
Education
* University of Colorado, Boulder M.A. Sociology, 1990
* Asian/Pacific Center For Human Development
* Victim's Assistance Training, 1990
* University of Colorado, Boulder
* Graduate Teacher Training Certificate, 1990
* CDR Associates Certified Mediator, 1988
* Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
* B.A. English Literature, 1984
Personal Life
Ying lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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