Which author is a professor, Maxine Hong Kingston or Isabel Allende?
Maxine Hong Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston (; born Maxine Ting Ting Hong; October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese Americans.
Maxine Mesinger Maxine Mesinger, born Maxine Ethel David (December 19, 1925 - January 19, 2001) was a celebrity gossip columnist of the "Houston Chronicle" who was active between 1965 and 2000. Her works were published in the "Big City Beat," her social column. She had the nickname "Miss Moonlight". Clifford Pugh of the "Houston Chronicle" said that she "wrote about big names for half of the 20th century and became a celebrity in her own right". Lisa Gray of the "Houston Press" said that Mesinger "wrote in the swingin' lingo of '40s showbiz".