Cecily Wong is a writer at AtlasObscura.com, co-author of Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide, and the author of the novel, Diamond Head, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, recipient of an Elle Readers’ Prize, and voted a best debut of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the LA Review of Books, Self magazine, Bustle, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of Barnard College and lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit Cecily online at @cecilyannwong.