LESLIE T. CHANG

LESLIE T. CHANG LIVED IN CHINA FOR A DECADE AS A CORRESPONDENT FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, SPECIALIZING IN STORIES THAT EXPLORED HOW SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGE IS TRANSFORMING INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. SHE HAS ALSO WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YORKER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, AND CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER. FACTORY GIRLS IS HER FIRST BOOK. A GRADUATE OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE, CHANG HAS ALSO WORKED AS A JOURNALIST IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, HONG KONG, AND TAIWAN. SHE WAS RAISED OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY BY IMMIGRANT PARENTS. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, WRITER PETER HESSLER, LIVE IN CAIRO WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS.