Gillian Kendall has lived in five countries and seven US states. She has worked as a technical editor in Silicon Valley and as a professor of English on board US Coast Guard cutters, most recently in Antarctica. Her books include Nelson Mandela: A Life Inspired, Wyatt, 2014, and Something to Declare: Good Lesbian Travel Writing, edited by Gillian Kendall, University of Wisconsin Press, 2009, and Mr. Ding’s Chicken Feet: On a Slow Boat from Shanghai to Texas, University of Wisconsin Press, 2006
