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Madeleine Marie Slavick is a writer, poet, and photographer of German American Descent. She has spent much of her life living in Hong Kong. Currently, Madeleine lives in New Zealand. She writes and photographs every day at her blog: touching what I love.

Biography
Madeleine Marie Slavick has authored several books of poetry and non-fiction, including Something Beautiful Might Happen, China Voices, delicate access, Round – Poems and Photographs of Asia and Fifty Stories, Fifty Images, a two-book set on her twenty-five years in Hong Kong. As a photographer, she has exhibited internationally. Slavick has lived in North America, New Zealand and Hong Kong, and maintains the daily blog, Touching What I Love. .

Acclaim
Her awards include Bumbershoot Book Award for 'Round - Poems and Photographs of Asia' (Seattle) / three Hong Kong Arts Development Council Grants for 'delicate access', 'My Favourite Thing' and 'Round' (she has also served as an examiner for the HKADC) / Bestseller status for 'China - The Dragon Awakes' (Hong Kong) and 'My Favourite Thing' (Beijing) / Two awards for edited books: Best Chinese Cuisine Book in the World for 'Foodscape - a Swiss-Chinese Intercultural Encounter about the Culture of Food' and Gourmand World Cookbook Award for 'Grandma Grandpa Cook'.

Category: Hong Kong women artists