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Author Signing Photos
with special thanks to Jon Jordan for sharing his
photos.
Qui
Xiaolong signing at Mystery One in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September 2002
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The signing with Edgar Award winning and Anthony award
winning author Qiu (pronounced like ZOW!), Xiaolong, Sept 30th, 2002. Qiu was
signing his second book, A Loyal Character Dancer, featuring detective Chen Cao.
Qiu is an extremely interesting person for someone from St. Louis. Of course,
he's from Shanghai originally. The crowd was a little more academic than usual,
but a lot of good questions were asked. He is extremely polite and gracious. He
also made people laugh a lot. I would have to say it would be worth your while
to go and see this man and buy his books.
Jon
And now for something completely different:
I was eager to attend this signing. Qiu's writing is quite different from most
of the genre in scope and writing style. At first, he spoke so quietly, he
couldn't be heard, but the decibels increased as the crowd warmed up to his
lovely humor. He answered many questions about China as a country and as an
ever-changing political state. What captured me was the debate on the importance
of Ping-Pong as a sport. He challenged the room with no one willing to step up
to the counter. His skill was self evident. A charming signing.
Jennifer |
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