Ren Xiang

Ren Xiang, a native of Zhejiang, holds a doctorate in literature and is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, where he also serves as director of the Institute of Chinese Language Education. His academic research focuses on Chinese language curricula and textbooks, traditional culture education, and reading education. He is the author of works including Another Landscape of Literature, and has devoted considerable effort to compiling textbooks and readers. Among his editorial projects, the multi-volume Centennial Selection of Chinese Detective Fiction is particularly notable, gathering works such as The Woman Who Knocked at Dusk, Jiangnan Swallow, Snow Lion, Sparrow Talk, People Like Me, Mutin Town, The Caravan Without Bells, and The Butterfly Specimen Flew Away, offering a systematic view of the development of Chinese detective fiction. His works in the collection number eleven, commonly classified under suspense and mystery and management.