Melody Kemp is a member of both the Hong Kong Women In Publishing Society and the US based Society for Environmental Journalists, Melody has been covering a wide range of stories in Asia for some years. Originally a development worker and activist with a background in occupational and public health, she has been a full time writer for over 6 years following a career with the UN, development banks, and bilateral organisations. Melody has been published in anthologies of fiction in HK, is author of a book Working for Life and is published in Asian Geo, Action Asia and IPS and is now occasionally writing for UK Geographical, Corp Watch and Asia Times. Currently living in Laos, she is about to relocate to Indonesia and can best be contacted at: musi@magma.ca , musi@ecoasia.biz