Chenda Ngak is the Founding Editor of effinnerds.com. A Los Angeles-based writer and editor, she has contributed to hungry? San Francisco (2006), Shecky’s Bar, Club & Lounge Guide (New York City 2005), The Real Meaning of Life (New World Library), GamePro magazine, Star Wars Insider, 10003 magazine, GamePro.com, GamerHelp.com, OMGlists.com, Yahoo! Shine, Nerve.com, Flixster.com, and OrbitzInsider.com.

The story of her family’s escape from the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and the process of assimilating into American society have been documented in the non-fiction books To Destroy You Is No Loss (East/West Bridge) and Bamboo and Butterflies: From Refugee to Citizen (East/West Bridge), respectively.