I’m a British author and illustrator, and I’ve been living in China for the last 20 odd years.
My latest book, The Story of Chinese Characters《汉字博物馆》published in 2024 won China’s prestigious Bingxin Children’s Literature Award.
A Dali Sketchbook 《大理外传》about Dali prefecture in Yunnan province is now in its third printing, and continues to be well received.
My Goodreads ratings are purely based on a book's entertainment value, not literary merit (so pot boilers often get more stars than worthy tomes).
Ratings:
* I'll never get these hours of my life back. Not necessarily badly written, but really, really irritating.
** Not the worst way to spend the day, but not something I enjoyed.
*** Good, but I wouldn't recommend it particularly.
**** Great: Read this!
***** Amazing. A book I'll read over and over, but usually for personal reasons so probably not worth you picking up.