Mae Siu-Wai Stroshane is an award-winning author, composer, and pianist. Her short story, “Autumn Gardening,” appears in “The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women’s Anthology,” winner of the 1990 National Book Award. Her screenplay adaptation of “Autumn Gardening” was a semi-finalist in the 2019 LA Film Festival screenwriting competition.<> Mae has numerous stories on this site. Her latest is "The Mysterious Mr. Banes," about a stranger who claims he is Ludwig van Beethoven, returned from the dead. He says that we must treat one another with humanity if we are to survive, and has come to bring new music to the world. That's ridiculous--or is it? Stefanie Sontag, a nurse and single mother, decide to help him achieve his mission. As she and her daughter Mai try to solve the mystery of "Mr. Banes," they embark on an adventure of a lifetime. No matter who he is, his magnificent music changes the world forever.<> She has also co-authored Measured by the Soul: The Life of Joseph Carey Merrick, aka “The Elephant Man.”