Jiu Haitang, whose real name is Welling, was born in 1979. Her work has appeared in Harvest, People’s Literature and October, and was selected in the “Harvest Literature Rankings” novella list. She was awarded the Guangdong Youth Literature Award, the Guangdong Provincial Literature Short Story Award, and the 6th West Lake China New Literature Award. She has published story collections Meeting Mr. Mu and Returning to Xiangsi.