The Dragon Head of Hong Kong (16 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

IAN HAMILTON
is the author of
The Water Rat of Wanchai
,
The Disciple of Las Vegas
,
The Wild Beasts of Wuhan
,
The Red Pole of Macau
,
The Scottish Banker of Surabaya
,
The Two Sisters of Borneo
, and
The Dragon Head of Hong Kong: The Ava Lee Prequel
.
The Water Rat of Wanchai
was the winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel, an Amazon.ca Top 100 Book of the Year, an Amazon.ca Top 100 Editors’ Pick, an Amazon.ca Canadian Pick, an Amazon.ca Mysteries and Thrillers Pick, a
Toronto Star
Top 5 Fiction Book of the Year, and a
Quill & Quire
Top 5 Fiction Book of the Year. The seventh book in the Ava Lee series,
The King of Shanghai
, will be published in February 2015.

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

House of Anansi Press was founded in 1967 with a mandate to publish Canadian-authored books, a mandate that continues to this day even as the list has branched out to include internationally acclaimed thinkers and writers. The press immediately gained attention for significant titles by notable writers such as Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, George Grant, and Northrop Frye. Since then, Anansi’s commitment to finding, publishing and promoting challenging, excellent writing has won it tremendous acclaim and solid staying power. Today Anansi is Canada’s pre-eminent independent press, and home to nationally and internationally bestselling and acclaimed authors such as Gil Adamson, Margaret Atwood, Ken Babstock, Peter Behrens, Rawi Hage, Misha Glenny, Jim Harrison, A. L. Kennedy, Pasha Malla, Lisa Moore, A. F. Moritz, Eric Siblin, Karen Solie, and Ronald Wright. Anansi is also proud to publish the award-winning nonfiction series The CBC Massey Lectures. In 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 Anansi was honoured by the Canadian Booksellers Association as “Publisher of the Year.”