Lung Ying-Tai was Taiwan’s first Minister of Culture (2012-2014) and has taught at universities in the United States, Germany, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Her career as an author spans published articles, cultural criticisms, novels, essays, and nonfiction works, including The Wild Fire and Big River, Big Sea – Untold Stories of 1949. She now resides in an indigenous village overlooking the Pacific in eastern Taiwan.

Photo credit: Liu Jui-Lung