Judy Zhu began publishing her Chinese works at the age of 14. Her pen names include Jasmine, Shuishan and Suxin. At the age of 15, she won Third Place at the International Chinese Poetry Contest and her poem Speechless Winter was published in the book International High School Chinese Poets. At the age of 17, six of her essays were included in the five-volume series of Beijing Top Ten High School Award-winning Writings. Before she came to the US for graduate school in 2000, she had won many literature awards in China and her 300 plus poems, prose and stories were published in national newspapers and magazines as well as being broadcast by national radio stations in China. She was also an invited part-time columnist for Teda Times when she worked at the US Embassy in China from 1994 – 2000.

Judy Zhu is a member of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of California (CLTAC) as well as a member of California Writers Club (CWC). She resides in Monterey, California. More information about her can be found at www.chinese-consultant.com