Karin Evans

For the Children, Editor

Half the Sky Foundation's Guide to Infant Nurture and Preschool Education in China's Social Welfare Institutions

Selected Works

Nonfiction

The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past

"Not only an evocative memoir on East-West adoption, but also a bridge to East-West understanding of human rights in China."

–Amy Tan

The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete known as the Iron Nun"

"Sister Madonna's story is one of purpose, conviction, and passion. She dismisses boundaries and proves to us that nothing is impossible."

–Dean Karnazes, author of Ultramarathon Man

For the Children, Editor

Dr. Koop's Self-Care Advisor: The Essential Home Health Guide for You and Your Family

Poetry

Next Stop, Gila Monsters

..."How I long now for the bored-to-death sweet beauty of it all, the whole chaotic carful, how we all kept watching for the signposts, driven by our separate hopes."

Contribution to Photo Book

Mei Mei Little Sister: Portraits from a Chinese Orphanage

Foreword by Amy Tan. Afterword by Karin Evans

Fiction

Walking Home in the Dark

"Crouching on the cold slate floor that had for more than a month been her bed, she dipped the silk ball into the filth-encrusted cup that held her drinking water. She lifted up the makeshift brush, let the excess water drip away, and began to write, swishing the wet silk across the dark and dusty stones..."

Photography

Santa Fe: The City in Photographs

Editor and Producer. Designed by Howard Klein

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