About the Author

Jeff Gillenkirk is an author and journalist whose articles and book reviews have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Parenting magazine, The Nation, Mother Jones, America and other publications. His nonfiction book, Bitter Melon: Inside America's Last Rural All-Chinese Town, won the Commonwealth Club's Silver Medal award for best California history. In addition to his writing, Gillenkirk provides strategic communications support for community-based organizations in California and across the country. He lives in San Francisco with his son and extended family. Home, Away is his first novel.

For more about Jeff and Home, Away, watch this interview on Chronicle Live from San Francisco or read the June 2011 interview on the Words With Writers website.