Education
London School of Economics. Wellington College.
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Chris West
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He writes business books under this name. Writing as Christopher West he is author of the China Quartet, four mysteries which, back in the 1990s, were among the first crime novels to be set in the contemporary People"s Republic of China. After studying economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics, West travelled in China, leading to his first book, Journey to the Middle Kingdom in 1991.
On completing this series, West concentrated on co-authoring books aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses, the first of which was The Beermat Entrepreneur, co-authored with entrepreneur and speaker Mike Southon.
West"s most recent co-authored work is Think like an Entrepreneur with entrepreneur Robbie Steinhouse. As a solo author he wrote Marketing on a Beermat and a guide to good, clear writing, Perfect Written English.
His most recent book is First Class, a History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps, which uses classic stamps as hooks on which to hang the nation"s history since 1840, the date of the Penny Black. West is married with one daughter and lives near Cambridge.
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Southon and West were both members of The Oxcentrics, an Oxford-based Dixieland jazz band, in which West played the drums.
