Xiaolu Guo was born in China. She published six books before moving to Britain in 2002. Her books include: Village of Stone, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, shortlisted for the Orange Prize; and I Am China. Her recent memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018. It was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her most recent novel A Lover's Discourse was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at the Free University in Berlin.

"Heart-wrenching... An extraordinary and important book" -- Charlie Cooper Independent "Beautifully written... Genuinely affecting... Exceptional" Scotland on Sunday "An ambitious, thought-provoking and engaging narrative" -- Jane Shilling Evening Standard "Beautifully rendered" New York Times "Beautifully done" -- Viv Groskop Red

Xiaolu Guo was born in China. She published six books before moving to Britain in 2002. Her books include: Village of Stone, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, shortlisted for the Orange Prize; and I Am China. Her recent memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018. It was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her most recent novel A Lover's Discourse was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at the Free University in Berlin.

"Heart-wrenching... An extraordinary and important book" -- Charlie Cooper Independent "Beautifully written... Genuinely affecting... Exceptional" Scotland on Sunday "An ambitious, thought-provoking and engaging narrative" -- Jane Shilling Evening Standard "Beautifully rendered" New York Times "Beautifully done" -- Viv Groskop Red

Xiaolu Guo was born in China. She published six books before moving to Britain in 2002. Her books include: Village of Stone, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, shortlisted for the Orange Prize; and I Am China. Her recent memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018. It was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her most recent novel A Lover's Discourse was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at the Free University in Berlin.

"Heart-wrenching... An extraordinary and important book" -- Charlie Cooper Independent "Beautifully written... Genuinely affecting... Exceptional" Scotland on Sunday "An ambitious, thought-provoking and engaging narrative" -- Jane Shilling Evening Standard "Beautifully rendered" New York Times "Beautifully done" -- Viv Groskop Red