Miriam Ching Yoon Louie is a third generation Korean Chinese American writer whose fiction and poetry tickles the bellies of characters until they giggle—or bite. Her non-fiction works, such as Sweatshop Warriors and Women’s Education in the Global Economy, feature the voices of immigrant and women of color leaders and movements. Louie was a founding member of the Women of Color Resource Center and served as media coordinator for the women worker organizations Asian Immigrant Women Advocates and Fuerza Unida. She trained in fiction and poetry with Voices of Our Nations Arts. While tending ailing family members, Louie met nursing angels who coaxed miracles from their elderly patients. Not Contagious—Only Cancer is her first novel. With illustrator and daughter Nguyen Louie, she co-founded Rabbit Roar, an indie Asian radical feminist press that aids and abets heroines, from girls to grannies, as they wrestle demons and sneak up on scary truths. See www.miriamchingyoonlouie.com for more information on the author and www.rabbitroar.com for more on the publisher.