Kevin Smith

A peanut butter and jelly-dumpling wobbling on a chopstick’s edge, teetering between two borders, K. McKeon Smith continues to pursue one of life’s greatest pleasures, cultural observation through direct experience. He is a published author with Hello, Rice, I’m Hamburger (English/Chinese, Zhejiang University Press, 2017), which depicts China through the eyes of a foreigner; and Kentucky Father-in-Law’s old tractor, 2015 Azaleas (Zhejiang University Press, 2018), a young adult novel which evokes childhood folklore, “If I dig through the earth, will I pop out in China?”, and the limited-edition “Evolution of a Chinese Halfpat” (Royal Collins Publishing Company, 2021). K. McKeon currently resides with his wife, in Shanghai, China, working as an elementary school counselor while continuing to craft both stories and screenplays.