Frank Dikötter, istoric olandez, este profesor de stiinte umaniste la Universitatea din Hong Kong si senior fellow la Hoover Institution. Inainte de a se muta in Asia, a fost profesor la University of London. A publicat mai multe volume dedicate in special istoriei Chinei, precum Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe: 1958-1962 (2010), The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution, 1945-1957 (2013) si The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976 (2016).