Erstwhile UX girl turned lecturer. Writing a PhD in Anthropology and working on a biography for Kwela. Born in Taipei, raised in San Francisco; New Orleanian, New Yorker, Bostonian, now living in Cape Town. Often in Shanghai. Single-malt drinker, cheese-for-dessert sort of person. Curses like a sailor, travels with Uglydolls. Can teach you to identify hominins by their skulls. Lover of desert skies, storms, museums, comic books. Knows how to make a mummy. Dances on bars and goes to opera.