Wang Weilian, born in 1982, graduated from Sun Yat-sen University with a Ph.D. in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and he is a member of the Chinese Writers Association. His work has appeared in Harvest, October, Writer and other prestigious journals and have appeared in several anthologies. He is the author of the novel The Rescued, and a number of story collections including Inside Face, Illegal Stay, Listening to the Sound of Salt Growing and Life Lessons. He teaches creative writing at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His awards to date include the Zijin People’s Literature Star Award, the Literature Port Chujiwang Literature Award, the October Literature Award, the Huacheng Literature Award, and the Guangdong Lu Xun Literature Award.