Zhang Yun

Zhang Yun, born in 1984 in Lingbi, Anhui, is a writer, journalist and screenwriter, a member of the China Writers Association, and styles himself "Curator of the Search for the Divine." His work spans several fields. Over ten years he compiled tales of monsters and spirits from nearly three hundred classical texts, publishing The Complete Chinese Monster Stories, and has also written books such as Strange Tales of Monsters and A Record of Strange Tales from Bianliang, concentrating on folk literature and the supernatural. The works held here also cover historical studies of the Tubo in the Tang dynasty and the ethnic history of the northwest, research on Tibetan historical questions, the novel Crimson Flame Over Dark Clouds, a practical book on positioning, Marxist thought in China and the building of the people's army, sports and the mass media, and a collection of calligraphy. Public information is limited; his writing generally rests on the close use of historical sources and documents while also adopting an accessible style.