柴纳·米耶维 China Mieville：

1972年出生于英格兰，伦敦政经学院国际法学博士，以“新怪谭”风格奠定国际声誉，21世纪重要奇幻作家。

代表作品有《鼠王》、《帕迪杜街车站》、《伤痕》、《伪伦敦》、《城与城》、《海怪》。

米耶维的写作风格多半带有诡异幽默感， 擅长借助奇境探讨真实人生和社会文化议题。他还亲自为书中各种奇怪角色与特殊场景绘制插画。小说出版后，怪奇有趣的幻想果然获得广大读者的喜爱，还有小读者装扮成他书中的角色。

作品屡获雨果奖、世界奇幻奖、阿瑟·克拉克奖等重要国际幻想文学奖项。

What is Un Lun Dun?

It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.

When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong.