Michelle Jana Chan

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Michelle Jana Chan has spent 30 years writing for Vanity Fair, The Telegraph, FT, The Times, Newsweek, the LA Times and The Wall Street Journal, as well as presenting for the BBC’s The Travel Show. Her TEDx talk is 'Hitchhiking, galaxies, and why travel is not bad for the planet'.

Her novel Song was described by Bernardine Evaristo as 'a wonderfully lush and atmospheric odyssey of survival against all odds’; Elif Shafak called it: ‘Precise, heartfelt, breathtaking’’. Michelle hosts 'The Wandering Book Collector' literary podcast. @michellejchan