Zhu Xiao Di (Chinese: 朱小棣; pinyin: Zhū Xiǎodì; Wade–Giles: Chu Hsiao ti, born 1958) is a Chinese-American writer.
He authored a biographical work, Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China,[1][2] which was listed for further reading in MSN encyclopedia under the topic of "Communism"[3] along with a few other books.
He also authored a novel Tales of Judge Dee,[4] and 6 collections of essays in Chinese including Leisure Thoughts on Idle Books (闲书闲话), 地老天荒读书闲, 闲读近乎勇, 等闲识得书几卷, 域外闲读, and 闲读闲记.
Born in 1958 in Nanjing, China, Zhu Xiao Di is a graduate of MIT with a master's degree in City Planning (1991).
He also received a master's degree in American Civilization from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1989.