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"Fastidious in his research... illuminating in his detail.-- ""South China Morning Post"""

Fastidious in his research... illuminating in his detail.-- ""South China Morning Post""

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Born and currently based in London, Paul French lived and worked in China for many years. After a career as a widely published analyst and commentator on China he is now a full-time author, focusing on China and Asia in the first half of the twentieth century. His true crime book Midnight in Peking was a New York Times Bestseller, a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, a Mystery Writers' of America 'Edgar' award winner for Best Fact Crime, and a Crime Writers' Association (UK) 'Dagger' award for non-fiction. His Kirkus-starred book City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir focuses on the dancehalls, casinos and cabarets of wartime Shanghai. Both books are being adapted for film and television. French is a regular contributor to publications including Literary Hub, Financial Times Weekend, Mekong Review, CNN, and Crime Reads. His audio drama productions include Peking Noir for BBC Radio 3, and the twelve-part Audible Original, Murders of Old China.

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