About the author

Diana Hongcha has worked as both an attorney and a part-time middle school teacher. She dreams of one day splitting her time between Chengdu, China, and Bozeman, Montana, while wrangling a busy family life. For now, international living remains more of a fantasy than a plan. 

Like the protagonist in her book, Diana grew up in China and emigrated to the U.S. as a teenager, but that’s where the similarities end. She travels to China often for work and family, and those trips continue to shape her view of a country that’s both deeply familiar and ever-changing. Recognizing that China remains misunderstood in the West despite its constant presence in the headlines, Diana—a lifelong mystery and thriller lover—set out to bridge that gap through a suspenseful, compelling story set in her home country. A self-described nerd, she also wanted to learn the technical details of Bitcoin and add a layer of intrigue to the novel. Writing If You Don’t Go allowed her to weave these threads together.