Katya Cengel

Katya Cengel is the author of four non-fiction books including Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) winners Straitjackets and Lunch Money and From Chernobyl with Love. As a journalist Cengel has written for New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine and Atavist Magazine among others. Her writing has taken her to Utah to search for Bigfoot (she didn’t find him) and to Mongolia to write about female street artists.

A photo illustration of the stolen Bruce Lee statue in Mostar, Bosnia.

RETURN OF THE DRAGON

The Wild True Story of the Bruce Lee Statue Heist

The world’s first statue honoring the martial arts superstar became a beloved symbol of hope in fractured Bosnia, until it mysteriously went missing earlier this year.

Katya Cengel

DANGEROUS GROUND

Doing Homebrew Vodka Shots in the Shadow of Chernobyl

Visiting the exclusion zone around the exploded reactor 15 years after the disaster turned even simple questions (can I walk on the grass?) into matters of life or death.

Katya Cengel

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Adventure

A Tad Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma

It only took three days to hike a remote route to Inle Lake, but the spontaneous trek turned into a wild adventure filled with monks, a fired guide, and a land untouched by tourism.

Katya Cengel