Xiaolu Guo is a novelist, memoirist and filmmaker. Her novels include  A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers,  I Am China and  A Lover's Discourse, which was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. Her memoir  Once Upon a Time in the East won the National Book Critics Circle Award 2017 and was shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. Her most recent novel,  Call Me Ishmaelle, was a  New York Times Book Review Editors' Pick.
Named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists in 2013, she has directed a dozen award-winning films, including How is Your Fish Today (Sundance Official Selection). Her feature She, a Chinese received the Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno Festival 2009 and her documentary We Went to Wonderland was selected for ND/NF Festival at the Museum of Modern Art. Guo is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.