WENDY LAW-YONE

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BORN IN MANDALAY, BURMA, WENDY GREW UP IN RANGOON. HER FATHER, E.M. LAW-YONE, WAS FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER OF THE NATION, THE LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN POST-WAR BURMA.AFTER LEAVING BURMA AT THE AGE OF 20, WENDY SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BEFORE MOVING TO THE UNITED STATES IN THE MID-1970S. SHE STUDIED COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AND MODERN LANGUAGES AT ECKERD COLLEGE IN ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA, THEN WON A CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FELLOWSHIP IN WASHINGTON, DC, WHERE SHE SETTLED FOR THE NEXT THREE DECADES. ALTHOUGH STILL AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WENDY IS NOW A PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, LIVING IN CENTRAL LONDON AND EAST SUSSEX.

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