Thao Dinh Vo '91

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Who says losing your wallet is all bad? For Thao Dinh Vo it became the opportunity of his life. As Vo prepared to leave India after a long visit, he became stranded when his wallet was stolen. "I had nothing to do but sit and think," he says. And write. Vo used this time to produce the first five chapters of his book Travelling Light. Addressing the package "To Whom it May Concern," he sent his fledgling manuscript to Ballantine Books, where it is to be released this year. The book got him featured in Entertainment Weekly as a "Face to Watch." Vo's next undertaking is a non-fiction account of his family's history in his native Vietnam.

Vo's walletmade hima writer.