Today we welcome four diverse literary talents to talk about their own literary work, how and why they got into a writing career, how they choose their next literary challenges, what challenges they have encountered along the way, and what advice they would offer to aspiring writers. To talk about their writing lives, we welcome Doina Rusti from Romania, who has already published 10 successful novels; Helen von Zwegbergk from Sweden, who was a well-known radio broadcaster before embarking on a literary career; and Chinese author Wu Jun, originally from Hebei, has had her work translated into English, Russian and minority languages in China; and essayist and novelist Dai Bin. In conversation with writer and literary critic Tang Xiaolin.