Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai, China. He is the author of the award-winning Inspector Chen series of mystery novels, Death of a Red
Heroine (2000), A Loyal Character Dancer (2002), When Red Is
Black (2004), A Case of Two Cities (2006), and Red Mandarin Dress. He is also the author of two books of poetry translations, Treasury
of Chinese Love Poems (2003) and Evoking T'ang(2007), and his own poetry
collection, Lines Around China (2003). He lives in St. Louis with his wife and
daughter.
Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai, China. He is the author of the award-winning Inspector Chen series of mystery novels, Death of a Red
Heroine (2000), A Loyal Character Dancer (2002), When Red Is
Black (2004), A Case of Two Cities (2006), and Red Mandarin Dress. He is also the author of two books of poetry translations,