Yan Ge

Yan Ge was born in Sichuan, China in 1984. She is a fiction writer in both Chinese and English. Yan’s first short story collection was published in China when she was seventeen. She is the author of thirteen books, including six novels. She has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Maodun Literature Prize (Best Young Writer). She was named by People’s Literature magazine as one of twenty future literature masters in China. Her work has been translated into English, French and German, among other languages.  Her novels translated into English include The Chilli Bean Paste Clan (Balestier Press 2018, translated by Nicky Harman) and Strange Beasts of China (Tilted Axis Press 2020, translated by Jeremy Tiang). She lives in Norwich, UK.