Barbara Demick is an American journalist who served as the Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times. Her reporting has focused on East Asia, particularly on stories from regions with limited press freedom. Demick is the author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, a book that examines daily life in North Korea through personal narratives. She has also written Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town, which explores life in Tibet. Her other work includes Daughters of the Bamboo Grove: China's Stolen Children and a Story of Separated Twins, which addresses issues affecting children in China.