Yan Ge was born in Sichuan, China in 1984. She is a fiction writer in both Chinese and English who has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize (Best Young Writer), and was named by People's Literature magazine as one of twenty future literature masters in China. Her work has been translated into English, French and German, among other languages. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia where she was the recipient of the UEA International Award 2018/19. She lives in Norwich.@YanGeMay

'I loved Strange Beasts of China - charged with melancholy surrealism, its preoccupations with being and loneliness are both timeless and all too timely.' - SHARLENE TEO'A fascinating glimpse into the life of a dysfunctional family in modern China.' - MARINA LEWYCKA (on The Chilli Bean Paste Clan)

Yan Ge was born in Sichuan, China in 1984. She is a fiction writer in both Chinese and English who has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize (Best Young Writer), and was named by People's Literature magazine as one of twenty future literature masters in China. Her work has been translated into English, French and German, among other languages. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia where she was the recipient of the UEA International Award 2018/19. She lives in Norwich.@YanGeMay

'I loved Strange Beasts of China - charged with melancholy surrealism, its preoccupations with being and loneliness are both timeless and all too timely.' - SHARLENE TEO'A fascinating glimpse into the life of a dysfunctional family in modern China.' - MARINA LEWYCKA (on The Chilli Bean Paste Clan)

Yan Ge was born in Sichuan, China in 1984. She is a fiction writer in both Chinese and English who has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize (Best Young Writer), and was named by People's Literature magazine as one of twenty future literature masters in China. Her work has been translated into English, French and German, among other languages. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia where she was the recipient of the UEA International Award 2018/19. She lives in Norwich.@YanGeMay

'I loved Strange Beasts of China - charged with melancholy surrealism, its preoccupations with being and loneliness are both timeless and all too timely.' - SHARLENE TEO'A fascinating glimpse into the life of a dysfunctional family in modern China.' - MARINA LEWYCKA (on The Chilli Bean Paste Clan)