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I’m proud to say that the Big in China movie deal has been finalized and signed and a screenplay is being written. Ivan Reitman is signed on to produce and direct.

Big In China is a memoir of my three-and-a-half years in Beijing, raising three American kids and traveling the country with them and then fronting Woodie Alan,  a blues band with three fantastic Chinese musicians. We toured the country, were voted Beijing Band of the Year and recorded a CD, which has earned praise from the Allman Brothers’ Warren Haynes, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons and other musical luminaries.

Big in China, which captures this exciting, tumultuous time, has been optioned by Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Pictures, with Reitman himself signed on to direct. Click here to learn more.

The Bookish Reading club recommends Big in China - and I will come speak to your book club. Click “Contact Me” and drop me a line if you’re interested.   I was also proud to be the first man featured on Expat Women, with this really nice piece.

Thank you to everyone who has come to hear me read or perform since Big in China’s release, or purchased Big in China in any format – hardcover, Kindle, Nook, audio book. It has been a pleasure meeting so many of you and hearing your own stories. If you are still on the fence, please click here to read an excerpt or scroll to the bottom to watch a video about the book.

USA TODAY, the Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Book Page, Library Review and Booklist have run positive reviews. See them here.  Click here to listen to me on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate show, or here to hear me on NPR’s The Story.

I truly appreciate your interest in my book and my story. Please help keep the momentum going. If you like the video below, please share it with friends, by email, Facebook, Twitter or carrier pigeon. Thanks again and please drop me a line any time. I hope to hear from you soon.