Xinran

Xinran was born in Beijing in 1958 and was a successful journalist and radio presenter in China. In 1997 she moved to London, where she began work on her seminal book about Chinese women's lives, "The Good Women of China". Since then she has written a regular column for the "Guardian", appeared frequently on radio and television and published the acclaimed "Sky Burial "and a book of her "Guardian "columns called "What the Chinese Don't Eat". She lives in London but travels regularly to China.