User:Caron Dann

Caron Eastgate Dann is a lecturer, writer and journalist living in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of The Occidentals (Asia Books, 1999, under the name Caron Eastgate James), a novel set in 19th-century Siam (now Thailand). The novel has been translated to German (Das Erbe Der Schwestern) and has sold a total of 25,000 copies. She is also the author of Imagining Siam: A Travellers' Literary Guide to Thailand (Monash Asia Institute, 2008). She has a PhD in literary studies from Monash University and teaches English and media studies. Previously, she worked as a journalist in New Zealand, Australia and Thailand. Publications she has worked on include Woman's Day (Melbourne editor), TV Week (Assistant Editor), Sunday Herald Sun (travel & real estate reporter), Bangkok Metro magazine (section editor), Auckland Star (arts & TV editor), Sunday Star (literary editor), Auckland Sun (TV editor), Rodney & Waitemata Times, Central Hawke's Bay Press.