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About the Author

Lisa Napoli's last staff job was on the public radio show Marketplace. An early chronicler of the dawn of the World Wide Web for the New York Times, she's also served as the Internet correspondent for MSNBC. Lisa was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. You can reach her at lisa@lisanapoli.com.

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"Radio Shangri-La has shades of Pico Iyer and Bruce Chatwin and a similar genius for parachuting the reader into a strange land and culture. Bhutan has long fascinated me and Radio Shangri-La is the perfect vehicle to get there." - Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone

"...the author...refrains from tortured navel-gazing and instead shares and reflects on Bhutan's people, history, and customs (from painting phalluses on houses to repel evil spirits to Buddhism's role in daily life). Napoli's adventures at home and abroad, in nature and career and spirit, will delight readers." - Publishers Weekly

"Eat. Pray. Talk Radio. Perfect for everyone who loves finding-yourself-through-travel memoirs. With a reading group guide, this sounds like a great book club book." - The Library Journal

"The author's authentic voice and light, pleasant cultural insights make for a refreshingly uplifting book." - Kirkus Review

Lisa Napoli was in the grip of a mid-life crisis when a chance encounter lead her to the adventure of a lifetime. Leaving behind her job in public radio and her life in Los Angeles, she moved to the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan to volunteer at the country's first youth radio station. Along the way, she found the world is a beautiful and complicated place, and learns to appreciate life in a way she never imagined. Coming from Crown February 8th, 2011.

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