Rose Valland, the Woman Who Outsmarted the Nazis: Michelle Young (“The Art Spy”) in conversation with Kristi Hong

We are so pleased to present the following conversation between two Taiwanese American authors we admire, Kristi Hong ("The Teacher's Match") and Michelle Young, on Young's newest book, The Art Spy. A riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, The Art Spy uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world's most treasured masterpieces. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Ho Chie Tsai (TaiwaneseAmerican.org founder) with Michelle Young,…

Exploring Untapped Cities with Michelle Young

Meet Michelle Young. She is a graduate student in urban planning at Columbia University, holds a B.A. from Harvard in the History of Art & Architecture, and is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. She can usually be found in New York (where she grew up), Paris, backpacking in South America or Southeast Asia, or in-transit between. She has an obsession with buses, shoots with a Nikon SLR camera, and destroys cellos on stage with her indie rock band. She’s traveled to 35 countries, including…