Ge Jing

Ge Jing, born in Beijing in 1977, is a Chinese children's literature writer and a member of the China Writers Association. She began publishing at the age of nine and has long written for young readers. Her representative series, Magic School, is widely popular, and children call her "Magic Sister." She has received the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award and the Taiwan Yang Huan Children's Literature Award, among others. She graduated from the Literature Department of the Beijing Film Academy and now teaches at its Animation School. Five of her works are included in this collection, most of them biographies in the "Stories of Chinese Pioneers" series, such as The Boy and the Sea: The Story of Huang Xuhua, about the scientist Huang Xuhua; The "Chang'e" Team: Exploring the Moon; and Builders of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway: Forging the "Sky Road." Other titles portray the Chinese women's volleyball team and Chinese astronauts. These works, centered on real people and teams, tell stories of striving to young readers and combine documentary value with readability.