Когда красное становится черным

Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai, China. He is the author of the award-winning Inspector Chen series of mystery novels, Death of a Red Heroine (2000), A Loyal Character Dancer

(2002), When Red Is Black (2004), A Case of Two Cities

(2006), and Red Mandarin Dress. He 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). He lives in St. Louis with his wife and daughter.

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