Jung Chang

Is a Chinese-born British writer now living in London, best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, translated into 30 languages and selling over 10 million copies worldwide receiving praise from authors such as J. G. Ballard. However, it is banned in the People's Republic of China. The publication of Jung Chang's Wild Swans made her a celebrity. Chang's unique style, using a personal description of the life of three generations of Chinese women to highlight the many changes that the country went through, proved to be highly successful.

Mao: The Unknown Story became a best-seller, with UK sales alone reaching 60,000 in six months.^[10] Academics and commentators wrote reviews ranging from praise to criticism. Professor Richard Baum said that it had to be "taken very seriously as the most thoroughly researched and richly documented piece of synthetic scholarship" on Mao.