Paul French PAUL FRENCH was born in London and lived and worked in Shanghai for many years. His book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He received the Mystery Writers' of America Edar award for Best Fact Crime and a Crime Writers' Association (UK) Dagger award for non-fiction. His book City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir received much praise with The Economist writing, '...in Mr French the city has its champion storyteller.' Both Midnight in Peking and City of Devils are currently in development for film. Read More Read Less