Shannon Young

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Shannon Young is an American author living in Hong Kong. Her books include a love story, Ferry Tale; a coming of age travel memoir, Year of Fire Dragons; and a Kindle Single on student debt. She also edited an anthology of creative non-fiction by expat women in Asia and has written ebooks including a mini travel memoir, The Olympics Beat, and a novella, The Art of Escalator Jumping.

Shannon grew up in Arizona in a homeschooling family of nine children. She attended Colgate University in New York before moving to Hong Kong in 2010. Shannon's writing has appeared in the Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society's anthology, on numerous websites, and in MARY: a journal of new writing. She writes a blog called A Kindle in Hong Kong and a regular column about being an expat writer on The Displaced Nation.

You can follow Shannon's work and join her email list at the following sites:

Website: shannonyoungwriter.com
Blog: akindleinhongkong.blogspot.com
Twitter: @ShannonYoungHK

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How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?: True Stories of Expat Women in Asia Apr 30, 2014

by Shannon Young

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In this collection, twenty-six women reveal the truth about expatriate life in modern East Asia through original works of memoir and creative non-fiction. Their experiences are varied and unique, demonstrating that expat women's lives go far beyond the stereotypical. The writers hail from a dozen different countries and walks of life. Some are well-known; others are fresh voices adding nuance to the expat conversation. Through deeply personal accounts, they explore what they have learned about themselves and the world through their lives abroad. Together, they create a portrait of the modern expatriate experience that will both resonate and inspire.

With contributions by...

Susan Blumberg-Kason
Jocelyn Eikenburg
Leza Lowitz
Suzanne Kamata
Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
Pamela Beere Briggs
Kaitlin Solimine
Christine Tan
Stephanie Han
Edna Zhou
Kathryn Hummel
Ember Swift
Nicola Chilton
Eva Cohen
Catherine Rose Torres
Coco Richter
Jenna Lynn Cody
Saffron Marchant
Jennifer S. Deayton
India Harris
Philippa Ramsden
Sharon Brown
Neha Mehta
Shannon Dunlap
Barbara Craven
Michelle Borok

Read the first anthology exploring and celebrating expatriate life for women in East Asia!

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Year of Fire Dragons: An American Woman's Story of Coming of Age in Hong Kong Jun 15, 2015

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In 2010, bookish 22-year-old Shannon follows her Eurasian boyfriend to Hong Kong, eager to forge a new love story in his hometown. But when work sends him to London a month later, Shannon embarks on a wide-eyed newcomer's journey through Hong Kong – alone.

She teaches in a local school as the only foreigner, explores Asia with other young expats and discovers family history in Hong Kong, all while trying to hold on to her thwarted romance. The city enchants her, forcing her to question her plans. Soon, she must make a choice between her new life and the love that first brought her to Asia.

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Pay Off: How One Millennial Eliminated Nearly $80,000 in Student Debt in Less Than Five Years (Kindle Single) May 22, 2014

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In 2009, amid the global financial crisis, 21-year-old Shannon Young graduated from college with a degree in English and more than $80,000 in student debt. Less than five years later, she was completely debt-free. This is her story - a cautionary tale with a surprisingly hopeful outcome. Filled with practical advice and personal experience, Pay Off is an invaluable resource for anyone coming into or out of student debt.

Shannon Young is the author of a travel memoir, Year of Fire Dragons: An American Woman's Story of Coming of Age in Hong Kong, and novellas including Ferry Tale and The Art of Escalator Jumping. She lives in Hong Kong.

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Ferry Tale Feb 10, 2016

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She wants to be someone else…

Katrina Keller flees to Hong Kong after the most humiliating moment of her life goes viral on YouTube. She starts over as a lounge singer in a fancy hotel, wishing only to be anonymous. But that’s tricky when you’re the wrong end of an Internet joke.

He doesn’t want to risk another heartbreak…

Sam So transfers to Hong Kong after his long-term girlfriend cheats on him. He doesn’t want to risk another heartbreak by dating again, and he’s not even sure how people date in the world of Tinder and texting anyway.

When the two meet on the Star Ferry, Katrina will tell him she’s someone else, someone who’s as cool and sophisticated as she’s always wanted to be. Sam will be too caught up in her spell to remember he’s supposed to be avoiding relationships. But it’s only a matter of time before the truth comes out. Will they get their enchanted romance, or will Katrina’s lie destroy it all?

From the author of Year of Fire Dragons and The Art of Escalator Jumping comes a modern day fairytale about finding romance in an age when we tend to Google the mystery right out of love.

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The Art of Escalator Jumping Dec 6, 2013

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A chance encounter on the Mid-levels Escalator in Hong Kong tips a young woman into an unexpected romance.

Octavia Chan, a reserved Eurasian girl from Hong Kong, has a hard time standing up to her mother. Joan is driven, controlling and—for a 26-year-old back under her mother’s roof—incredibly frustrating. Octavia moves home from the US to reconnect with her mother when she meets Cal, an impulsive American with enthusiasm to burn.

The Escalator brings Cal and Octavia together like a mechanical sprite. But then Joan’s tight control begins to unravel. Instead of working on a better relationship with her mother, Octavia finds herself fighting for Joan’s sanity. Enlisting the aid of a tough psychologist-turned-lawyer, a Hong Kong socialite, and a helper with a secret, Octavia must use her own kind of strength to help her mother.

But a storm is brewing in Hong Kong, and Joan has a secret too.

>>>Read the only love story set almost entirely on and around an escalator

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