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Huang Zheng Author

Huang Zheng, from China’s Zhuang ethnic minority, is a member of the Chinese Writers Association and the director and editor of the Guangxi Writers Association. Author of many books, he won the 2nd place at the 2019 2nd China National Ethnic Literature prize hosted by the China Ethnic Literature Society. He has also written a radio drama, which won the Guangxi government bronze drum award. Wu Jiamei is a researcher and associate professor at Sichuan International Studies University. She has translated several English-language novels into Chinese, including Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear, Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I by Alice Leonhardt, and The Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale. Her translations from Chinese to English include After the Finale by Zhou Daxin, Cloud Farming by Chone Yum Tsering, White Crane Boy by Ku Jin, and Slowly the River Flows by Huang Zheng. In 2019, she won third prize in the Chongqing Translators Association’s Excellence in Translation Awards. She currently lives and works in Chongqing.