Calls Across the Pacific (29 page)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am deeply grateful to my Publisher and Editor, at Inanna Publications, Luciana Ricciutelli, and copy-editor Adrienne Weiss, for their dedicated editing and remarkable suggestions that have helped bring this novel to the world.

Thanks also to the readers who have expressed their interest and inquired about the protagonist, Nina Huang, after reading the manuscript “Yearning,” or after reading this story from my collection,
Butterfly Tears
. Inspired by their interest and questions, I expanded the story into this novel.

My thanks also go to my critique pals: Marlene Ritchie, Sara Pauff, and Phillis DePore who read the manuscript in its earlier version and provided me with their honest and helpful feedback. I owe personal notes of thanks to Marie Laing, Penelope Stuart, Carol Mortensen, and Dorothy Rawrek who are always there for me.

Last, but certainly not least, I am thankful to my husband and son, Jean-Marc and Shu, for their patience and forever support of my writing.

Photo: Jean-Marc Roy

Born in China, Zoë S. Roy, an avid reader even during the Cultural Revolution, writes literary fiction with a focus on women's cross-cultural experiences. Her publications include a collection of short stories,
Butterfly Tears
(2009), and a novel,
The Long March Home
(2011), both published by Inanna Publications. She holds an M.Ed. in Adult Education and an
M.A.
in Atlantic Canada Studies from the University of New Brunswick and Saint Mary's University. She currently lives in Toronto, and teaches with the Essential Skills Upgrading program for the Toronto Public School Board.