Justin Hill is an English poet and novelist whose first novel, The Drink and Dream Teahouse (2001), was banned in China. A commentary on contemporary China, it has been translated into 13 languages. His new novel Shield Wall, the first volume in the Conquest Trilogy will be released in May 2011. Hill’s novels have twice been nominated for the Man Booker Prize. He reviews regularly for The Times Literary Supplement and the South China Morning Post. He is currently teaching on the MFA at the City University of Hong Kong; and is Writer-in-Residence at Lingnan University.