Professor Kam Louie is currently Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong. Before joining HKU, he was Chair Professor of Chinese Studies at Queensland University and Australian National University. He has also taught at Nanjing, Murdoch and Auckland Universities. He is a Fellow of the Australian Humanities Academy and was chief editor of Asian Studies Review for nine years as well as editorial board member of several scholarly journals.

[Zheng] is one of the best-known roots-seeking writers in China and deserves to be more fully introduced to the English-speaking world. In that sense, Strange Tales from Strange Lands is a most welcome event.