Zhang Yueran (, pinyin: Zhāng Yuèrán; born 6 November 1982) is a Chinese writer.
Biography Zhang was born in 1982 in Jinan, Shandong. She is an only child. Her father was a professor at Shandong University, and he was very keen on literature.张悦然：现实中，我的父亲挺正常的 Retrieved 2 January 2017
Zhang is an alumnus of Shandong Experimental High School, Shandong University and National University of Singapore.山东省实验中学传奇 Retrieved 2 January 2017追溯历史 直面父辈创伤 80后张悦然开始写历史 Retrieved 2 January 2017
Her main works include short stories and novels. She won the 2001 New Concept Writing Competition organised by Mengya magazine. She is often labeled as part of a group of successful Chinese authors known as the "post-'80s" generation.旧墙上的新窗子——作家张悦然专访 Retrieved 2 January 2017张悦然：我们的青春结束了 但愿阅读没有结束 Retrieved 2 January 2017张悦然 青春走远 破“茧”而出 Retrieved 2 January 2017
In 2011 she participated in the International Writing Program Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Currently, Zhang is a teacher of Literary Studies in Renmin University of China.张悦然：我们早慧而晚熟 出发虽迟终会抵达 Retrieved 2 January 2017 Several of her works have been translated into English by Jeremy Tiang, as well as into various other languages.
Works in English Ten Loves (2004) The Promise Bird (2006) Cocoon (2022) Women, Seated (2025)
Works in Chinese (Partial) 《葵花走失在1890》 (Sunflowers Got Lost in 1890) 《樱桃之远》 (Cherry Story) 《是你来检阅我的忧伤了吗》 (You Come to My Sorrow) 《十爱》 (Ten Love Stories) 《水仙已乘鲤鱼去》 (Narcissus) 《誓鸟》 (Birds of Swear) 《鲤系列》 (Carp Series) 《昼若夜房间》 (A Room of Day and Night) 《繭》 (Cocoon) 《大乔小乔》 (Unseen Sister) 《顿悟时刻》 (Moment of Epiphany) 《天鹅旅馆》（Hotel Zwaan) 《动物形状的烟火》(Animal Shaped Fireworks) 《吉诺的跳马》(Jinuode Tiaoma)
Adaptations
Unseen Sisrer (大乔小乔) – adapted into the television series The Bright One (许我耀眼)。
Cast Zhao Lusi as Xu Yan Chen Weiting as Shen Haoming Wan Peng as Qiao Lin Tang Xiaotian as Yu Yiming Guan Ziqing as Lin Tao Zhong Yating as Fang Lei Wang Yiyao as Sun Siwei Xu Yajun as Shen Jinsong Wen Zhengrong as Yu Lan Fan Shiqi as Jiang Liang Feng Hui as Qiao Jianbin Liu Min as Wang Yazhen
and the work was also adapted into the film The Unseen Sister (2024), directed by Zhao Deyin.
Cast Zhao Liying, Xin Zhilei, Huang Jue Dong Baoshi.
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