张祥斌

Zhang Xiangbin was born in the 1970s and writes under the pen name Heixiu. He graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Beijing Normal University, majoring in editing, publishing and distribution, and holds a postgraduate degree. He has worked as a teacher and a publishing house editor, and is now a professional author. His writing spans Chinese language and culture, history, psychology, brain-training puzzles and biography. Six of his books are included in the collection: The Strategist Who Plans Victory from Afar, 360 Logic Games to Make You Smarter, 1010 Brain Teasers to Make You Smarter, The Wisdom of Peking University's Great Scholars in the Early Republic, Weather Dominance, and Hypnotic Interpersonal Skills. His titles are commonly grouped under biography, divination, Eastern philosophy, popular science and applied psychology, and his range has earned him the nickname "all-rounder of books." He is also the author of A Dictionary of Commonly Used Chinese Characters, Interesting Chinese Character Discrimination and A Biography of Zhang Zuolin. Public information on his birth and death dates and English name is limited.