柴納·米耶維 China Mieville：

1972年齣生於英格蘭，倫敦政經學院國際法學博士，以“新怪譚”風格奠定國際聲譽，21世紀重要奇幻作傢。

代錶作品有《鼠王》、《帕迪杜街車站》、《傷痕》、《僞倫敦》、《城與城》、《海怪》。

米耶維的寫作風格多半帶有詭異幽默感， 擅長藉助奇境探討真實人生和社會文化議題。他還親自為書中各種奇怪角色與特殊場景繪製插畫。小說齣版後，怪奇有趣的幻想果然獲得廣大讀者的喜愛，還有小讀者裝扮成他書中的角色。

作品屢獲雨果奬、世界奇幻奬、阿瑟·剋拉剋奬等重要國際幻想文學奬項。

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.