Xiaolong Qiu is the author of the award-winning Inspector Chen series of mystery novels. Shanghai-born Qiu 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). His first novel, Death of a Red Heroine, is number 1 in a list of top 10 Asian crime novels according to The Guardian (UK). His latest book Years of Red Dust was named one of the 100 Best Books of the year by Publishers Weekly.