Yang Zhengguang was born in 1957 in Shaanxi province and graduated from the Department of Chinese Studies of Shandong University in 1982. He is a critically acclaimed novelist, poet and screen writer. His books include the titles The Voice of the Earth, Bird from the South, Old Dan is a Tree, Black Scenery, The Coffin Shop, The More I Live the More I Understand, and It Started with Two Eggs. He has written the script for several major movies including The Swordsman in Double-Flag Town and An Innocent Babbler, and for TV he has written several series including Heroes of the Marshes, and was the executive director of Years of Burning Passions. He is currently a professional writer with the Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles (SFLAC), and the vice-chairman of Shenzhen Writers Association and Shenzhen Film and TV Artist Association.