Ma Yumo

Gui Maxing, whose real name was Ma Yumo, was a Chinese female mystery writer born in Shanghai in 1972. She died in Shanghai on June 12, 2017. In 2000 she won first prize in the Newcomer Literature Competition held by Bertelsmann and People's Literature Publishing House. Later, due to uremia, she turned to full-time writing and produced 22 published works, spanning suspense and mystery fiction as well as martial arts novels. Her representative works include Zhuque Tang, Joyous Island, and Xiao Sheng Yan, along with the acclaimed Moran series, the Young Moran series, and the Cool Forensic Examiner series; Zhuque Tang was adapted into a television drama of the same title. Gui Maxing was known for her delicate emotional writing and romantic mystery style, creating a personal signature through the interplay of sentiment and suspense. Beyond her works and style, public information about her life is limited, and this profile is based only on confirmed details.