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Tan Xiao is an author about whom limited public information is available; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the four works held in the collection, his writing spans several fields: Television Interviewing deals with news interviewing and television practice, A Complete Guide to Memorizing High School English Vocabulary by Category serves language learning and exam preparation, Cross-Media Marketing Planning and Design discusses marketing methods in an age of media convergence, and The Pocket Library of Biographies 5: The Autobiography of Carnegie is a biographical work. Classified under language and writing, inspirational growth, management, and general biography, these books show an author who combines practical guidance with popular knowledge, with writing that emphasizes clarity and ease of reference. Because public information is limited, a full account of his personal experience and body of work cannot yet be given.