MurongMurong, one of contemporary China's most famous authors, was born in 1974 in China's North East and spent his childhood in Jilin province. After graduating from Beijing's University of Political Science and Law he worked as a lawyer, and senior salesmanager for a car company. He started to write in 2001. In 2002 when his novel Chengdu Please Forget Me Tonight took China by storm, Murong gave up his job and devoted himself to writing full time. He has published five novels in China. Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu is his first novel to be translated into English. Read More Read Less