Hsiao-Hung Pai is a writer best known for her books Chinese Whispers: The True Story Behind Britain's Hidden Army of Labour which was short-listed for the 2009 Orwell Prize and Scattered Sand:The Story of China's Rural Migrants which won the Bread and Roses Award in 2013. Pai has lived in the UK since 1991, and holds master's degrees from the University of Wales, University of Durham and the University of Westminster. She holds a bachelor's degree from Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei. She contributes to The Guardian newspaper and many UK-Chinese publications. Pai's third book, Invisible: Britain's Migrant Sex Workers was published in 2013 and focuses on the story of two immigrant sex workers in the United Kingdom. Pai worked undercover as a maid in brothels in Burnley, Lancashire, and Finchley and Stratford in London, as part of her research for the book. Invisible was serialised in the G2 section of The Guardian. Pai was also interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour in April 2013 about her findings. 

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