Susan Blum­berg-Kason is the author of three books, includ­ing Bernardine’s Shang­hai Salon: The Sto­ry of the Doyenne of Old Chi­na, and co-edi­tor of the anthol­o­gy Hong Kong Noir. She is work­ing on a biog­ra­phy of Gol­da Meir’s child­hood and teenage years in Mil­wau­kee and Denver.