Cai Dong was born in Shandong and is now living in Shenzhen. She holds a master’s degree in literature and is currently teaching at Shenzhen Vocational and Technical College, and is concurrently serving as vice-chair of the Shenzhen Writers Association. Her work has appeared widely in publications such as People’s Literature, Contemporary, End of the World, Harvest, October, Guangming Daily, Chinese Writer etc. Some of her work has been translated overseas, and she won the Most Promising Newcomer Award in the Chinese Literature Media Awards, October Literature Award, among other prizes. In recent years she has focused on the creation of short stories and considers it to be “a new force of literature that can really be expected.”