About the author

Dao Dou is an author about whom limited public information is available; only five of the author's works are recorded in the database. Judging from these works, Dao Dou's writing focuses mainly on two categories: social fiction and time-travel/alternate-history fiction. Representative titles include A Long Life and She Just Wants to Escape, as well as court-set works such as The Empress's Survival Diary and My Years as Empress Dowager, with the latter two court novels also published as a two-volume collection. In terms of subject matter, Dao Dou attends to the fate and emotions of characters in realistic circumstances while also employing time-travel, alternate-history, and court settings to develop narratives, showing considerable range in subject matter. The stories generally revolve around characters' struggles to survive and their inner conflicts. Overall, the author uses individual experiences in varied settings as narrative threads and continues to expand the scope of storytelling; because public information is limited, no further confirmed details about the author's life are available.

Written (6)

Daodou's Collection of Heart-Wrenching Palace Stories, 2 Volumes: The Empress's Survival Diary + My Years as Empress Dowager cover
Rating 3.2
Daodou's Collection of Heart-Wrenching Palace Stories, 2 Volumes: The Empress's Survival Diary + My Years as Empress Dowager 刀豆 Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. · 2024 Queen's Survival Diary [An awkward emperor Tuoba Rui x a loyal queen Feng Ping] [Ancient romance + equals clashing + palace intrigue + strong heroine …
A Long Life cover
Rating 3.2
A Long Life 刀豆 Dook Media Group Limited · 2024 He Yongsheng was born into a peasant family. He longs to study and make something of himself, but his parents force him to drop out; he has only an el…
She Just Wants to Escape cover
Rating 3.0
She Just Wants to Escape 刀豆 Dook Media Group Limited · 2024 Favoring boys over girls, domestic violence, school bullying, living under others' roofs, being molested, being neglected… Grandma wants to escape her…
The Empress's Survival Diary cover
Rating 3.2
The Empress's Survival Diary 刀豆 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2023 In the Wei court's rear palace, a bloody rule has long been passed down: when a son is made heir, his mother is put to death. Once a prince is named c…
The Years I Spent as Empress Dowager cover
Rating 3.0
The Years I Spent as Empress Dowager 刀豆 Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. · 2023 Widowhood is never simple. At twenty-two, the Empress Dowager is in the prime of youth, with a face like a flower, freshly widowed and as pitiful as a…
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The Empress's Survival Diary 刀豆 Jinjiang Literature City · 2017 The Wei Kingdom's rear palace has a bloody rule: when an heir is installed, his mother is killed. Feng Ping, the daughter of a disgraced official, ent…

Publishers

Jinjiang Literature CityJiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing HouseJiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd.Dook Media Group Limited