李·柴尔德（Lee Child）出生在英格兰的地理中心，在工业荒地的中心。直到他12岁才见过一棵树。在这种地方，如果你掉进河里，你必须去医院进行强制性的胃泵。那种用开箱刀和自行车链条解决小纠纷的地方。他有伤疤可以证明这一点。

Lee Child was born in the exact geographic centre of England, in the heart of the industrial badlands. Never saw a tree until he was 12. It was the sort of place where if you fell in the river, you had to go to the hospital for a mandatory stomach pump. The sort of place where minor disputes were settled with box cutters and bicycle chains. He's got the scars to prove it.