Born in Shanghai, Amy Wong lived in HongKong, Kowloon, Australia: Manley, Bexley, Stanfield, Ashfield; attended Burwood Girls High School , Sydney University, Michigan at Ann Arbor, Wisconsin at Madison, Hofstra, CW Post and New York Chiropractic College. Her sister AnLi Pang encouraged her to get the book translated into Italian with the help of invaluable Paola Lasagni who also edited the English version. Having attended so many schools she thought it would be fun to write a fictional story about what it is like to live in the land of great opportunity, where even people in their forties, fifties and up can choose to do whatever their heart desires.