Ye Kai

Ye Kai, whose real name is Liao Zenghu, was born in 1969 in Lianjiang, Guangdong. He holds a doctorate in literature and serves as director of the editorial department and associate senior editor at the journal Harvest; he is also a member of the China Writers Association. His writing spans literary creation, literary research and language education: he has published novels such as Dry Mouth and Dry Tongue and The Biography of My Eighth Uncle, as well as substantial studies of Mo Yan, including A Critical Biography of Mo Yan and Mo Yan's Literary Republic. In recent years he has addressed a wider readership with books on Chinese language education and writing methods, such as Fighting Chinese, This Is the Best Chinese Textbook in China, Writing Lessons and Mastering Good Writing: Everyone Can Write Brilliantly, and he touches on management topics in Social Media Operations. Three of his works are held in the collection, covering examination, literary appreciation and management categories. His writing combines an editor's rigor with a novelist's readability, serving both classrooms and ordinary writers who wish to understand literature and improve their expression.