Xue Shu is a member of the national committee of Chinese Writers Association, and a member of the Bureau of Shanghai Writers’ Association. She has published works in top-tier literature journals including Harvest, October, People’s Literature, Chinese Writers and Shanghai Literature. She has been awarded the People’s Literature Award, Beijing Literature/Novelette Award and Shanghai Literature Award. She published three collections of stories including Looking for Jacob, Leaving at the Crack of Dawn, and Fly across the Sky of Yunnan. Her best-known works are the novels Ruined Town and Divining, and the non-fiction title A Man Fading Away. Some of her work has been translated into English and Polish.