Alexis Kossiakoff / Scott Crawford

Alexis Kossiakoff and Scott Forbes Crawford spent more than a decade in China and often draw from its deep well of myth and history in their writing. Trained as an anthropologist and now an international teacher, Alexis is fascinated by the meeting of cultures. Alexis’ research into the history of her family, who escaped from revolution and war in Russia to China, inspired the writing of The Phoenix and the Firebird.

Scott grew up in Japan and studied at a Chinese university.