Hong YingHong Ying was born in Chongqing, China, and began her writing career as a poet. In 1990, she relocated to London and authored over a dozen books, some of which have been adapted for television or film. She is best known in the English-speaking world or Daughter of the River, Summer of Betrayal, and K: The Art of Love. Her memoir, Daughter of the River, has been translated into thirty languages, and K: The Art of Love won the Premio Letterario Merck Award in 2005. Hong Ying currently resides in Beijing.Gary Xu is a scholar, author, translator, and art curator. He is a professor of the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois. Read More Read Less