Xiaolong QiuQIU Xiaolong was born in Shanghai, where his novels are set, but has lived in St. Louis for over 30 years. His detective thrillers, featuring Chief Inspector CHEN Cao of the Shanghai police, are amongst the best-known contemporary novels set in China, translated into over 20 languages. Inspector Chen, like his creator, is a poet and translator of T. S. Eliot into Chinese. Qiu has also translated three collections of Chinese poetry, and published two volumes of his own poems. His latest novel is The Shadow of the Empire. Read More Read Less