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My Unlikely Journey from Journalist to Chinese Rockstar to Voice Actor

If you want to get to know your book, read it out loud. This is a simple lesson I learned recording the audio book of Big In China, My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues and Becoming a Star in Beijing.
Shortly after my editor at HarperCollins accepted my manuscript for Big in China, I began bugging her to let me read the audio book. No one else could capture my inflections and my intentions in this first-person memoir, the very personal tale of my family’s adventures and experiences during three and half years living in Beijing. The book explores my relationship with my wife Rebecca and our three kids. It deals with my struggles dealing with my father’s cancer from half a world away. It details my unlikely climb from stay-at-home dad and freelance writer to Chinese rock star and the deep relationships I developed with my Chinese bandmates as we barnstormed across the country.
As publication date grew near, I got an excited phone call from my editor: “Everyone agreed that you should read the book!” she said. “I know how excited you will be.”
My excitement was tempered by a slight edge of panic. I had lobbied hard for this opportunity; now I would have to deliver.

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