This book is a collection of interviews about books and international writers, linking authors scattered around the world. From Pei Shifeng, Bu Zhengmin to George Akerlof, and Gabriella Zevon; from judges and undertakers, to fashion models and cartoonists... They are renowned leaders, probing the world with their ideas, illuminating life with their words, or being wise, or funny. In between questions and answers, readers can listen to how exotic sinologists understand China, how historians sort out the history behind the history, how literary writers conceive a novel, how non-fiction writers create objective and appealing books, how sociologists explain modernity, and how children's book authors see the world... The author believe that everyone should have a book that is dear to them, a book that holds secrets and ideals that are moving and extraordinary.

About the Author:

Cui Ying has a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, loves walking and literature, and lives in Edinburgh, U.K. She is a columnist for FTChinese.com, Tencent Culture, Wenhui Reading Weekly and Surfing News Book Flip Party. She is the author of "The British Illustrator" and "Gleanings from British Illustrated Books".