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Liu Zhen (born 1930), originally named Liu Qinglian, is a contemporary Chinese woman writer from Xiajin, Shandong. She joined the Eighth Route Army in 1939 and began professional writing in 1954, having served as a council member of the Chinese Writers Association and vice chair of the Hebei Writers Association. She is the author of short-story collections such as The Long Flowing Stream, Xiao Rong and I, and A Heroic Movement; her works often depict the lives of children during wartime and have won national children's literature awards several times. She has lived in Australia since 1990. Public information is limited, but her writing career spans decades, beginning with children's literature marked by plain prose and sincere feeling. The library also holds several of her suspense and mystery works, shifting to forensic investigation and crime pursuit, showing her attempts in popular fiction.