Jie Chen is a graduate of the Sichuan Normal University, and is a former cultural journalist. A native of Chengdu, she has written for the Chengdu Evening News, and since 1995, for papers such as Southern Metropolis Daily, the Beijing Morning Post and the Nanfang Daily. Her novels are extremely popular and include Burgundy Ice Blue, Poisoning, which has been adapted into a TV series, and I Love You, Bye. (info from Comma Press website)