Jung Chang (, born March 25, 1952) is a Chinese-born writer now living in the United Kingdom, best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans, selling over 10 million copies worldwide but banned in mainland China. Her 832-page biography of Mao Zedong, The Unknown Story, written with her husband, the British historian Jon Halliday, was published in June 2005 and is a highly critical description of Mao Zedong's life and work. Life in China Chang was born March 25, 1952 in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China. Her parents were both Communist Party of China officials, and her father was greatly interested in literature. She quickly developed a love of reading and writing, composing poetry as a child. As Party cadres, life was relatively good for her family at first; her parents worked hard, and her father became successful as a propagandist at a regional level. His formal ranking was as a "level 10 of