ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This is Elizabeth J Hall’s first novel. She has previously written short stories. The novel was inspired by the life and death of an uncle who worked in the Shanghai Municipal Police in the 1920s and 30s. Her first memory is of her mother crying when she received a telegram reporting his assassination.

AUTHOR PROFILE

Elizabeth J Hall lives in East Sussex with her husband. After a degree in French, she trained as a teacher with a particular interest in social and health education. She worked in the USA, West Africa and London before becoming a consultant, developing programmes of health education abroad, including Central Asia and Russia. She now works in politics in the UK. She has three adult children, two in the USA and one in the UK. Her leisure interests include theatre, opera, reading, vegetarian cookery, walking, yoga and pilates.

Elizabeth J Hall
Elizabeth J Hall

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This is Elizabeth J Hall’s first novel. She has previously written short stories. The novel was inspired by the life and death of an uncle who worked in the Shanghai Municipal Police in the 1920s and 30s. Her first memory is of her mother crying when she received a telegram reporting his assassination.

AUTHOR PROFILE

Elizabeth J Hall lives in East Sussex with her husband. She has three adult children who live in the USA and the UK. After a degree in French, she trained as a teacher with a particular interest in social and health education. She worked in the USA, West Africa and London before becoming a consultant, developing programmes of health education abroad, including Central Asia and Russia. She now works in politics in the UK. She has three adult children, two in the USA and one in the UK. Her leisure interests include theatre, opera, reading, vegetarian cookery, walking, yoga and pilates.

Elizabeth J Hall
Elizabeth J Hall

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