Born and raised by Chinese parents, a Harvard graduate, then an MFA from Oxford, I spent most of my life walking beaches with a metal detector. Now having fun writing about my life – could be a novel someday. I had lots of unusual experiences., It's fun to recall them through a lens of humor. I was raised in Ohio, although by the time I was in junior high, I had attended my seventh different school. Everything above is accurate except for the first sentence.