Guo, Yongqun

Junying Kirk came to Britain from China in 1988. She was born a spice girl from Sichuan Province and grew up in the turbulent times of the Cultural Revolution. A British Council scholarship led her to study English Language Teaching at Warwick University, followed by further post-graduate degrees at Glasgow and Leeds. She has worked as an academic, administrator, researcher, teacher and cultural consultant. Apart from working as a professional interpreter and translator, she reads continuously and enjoys drawing from the wealth of life itself and creating stories. She travels widely and keeps