Draft:Yao Emei

Yao Emei (Chinese: 姚鄂梅; born December 8, 1968) is a multi-award-winning Chinese writer from Yidu, Hubei. She currently resides in Shanghai, partaking in the first postgraduate programme for writers in Shanghai.

Work
Yao Emei is an author of books for both adults and children. Her work has been translated from Chinese into English, Russian, German, Japanese, Korean, and other languages. She has won the People's Literature award, the Selection of Novella award, and the Shanghai Literature Excellent Novella Award and several other major national literary awards.

She is the author of several novels including Our Days, Eager to Fly and her upcoming novel The Unfilial: Four Tragic Tales from Modern China, set to be published on 28th September 2024. Additionally, she has written children's literature such as Tilted Sky and I am a Genius.

In 2021, Yao Emei's novella collection Family Life was published by People's Literature Publishing House. With its exquisite layout and surgical writing style, Yao presents various truths of family life, making it a delightful surprise for many readers and receiving considerable attention. The collection was recommended as one of the top reads of the year, earning a place on various annual lists including the Douban 2021 Annual Reading List for domestic original works.

Complete list of works

 * The Unfilial: Four Tragic Tales from Modern China. Translated by Honey Watson, Martin Ward, Olivia Milburn, Will Spence. Horsham: Sinoist Books. September 2024. ISBN 9781838905811
 * Tilted Sky. Translated by Kelly Zhang. New York: Levine Querido. June 2024. ISBN 9781646143832
 * Our Days. Beijing: Beijing October literature and Arts Press. January 2024. ISBN 9787530223406


 * Family Life. Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. February 2021. ISBN 9787020164837
 * This collection includes four novellas written by Yao Emei: Skeletons in the Closet, The Secret of Genes, Grandma is Coming, and With Ease
 * The Truth/Runaway Women. Shanghai: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. October 2020. ISBN 9787532175994
 * XiMenPo/ Runaway Women. Shanghai: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. October 2020. ISBN 9787532176007
 * Two Sichuan Pepper Trees. Beiyue: Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing House. May 2019. ISBN 9787537859059
 * Eager to Fly. Beijing: Beijing October Literature and Arts Press. January 2018. ISBN 9787530217276
 * 1958-Petition. Shanghai: Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. July 2016. ISBN 9787532159055
 * Gone with the River Mist. Shanghai: Shanghai Press. April 2014. ISBN 9781602202504