Yang Hongying

Yang Hongying; Chinese Children’s Book Writer, Vice Chairman of Sichuan Writer Association Yang Hongying is one of the most successful and popular Chinese children authors in modern time. Madam Yang’s children’s books have been enthusiastically embraced by Chinese children over the past two decades, making her as the most admired author among Chinese children. In August 2000, Diary of a Girl was one of Yang’s famous works and her first bestseller. In 19 years, this beautiful diary of a young girl has been printed hundreds of times and this individual book sold more than 5 million copies. Other famous works of hers include the Mo’s Mischief series starting in 2003 (or Tao Qi Bao Ma Xiao Tiao) and the Diary of a Smiling Cat series (or Xiao Mao Ri Ji) starting in 2006. In the past 40 years, she has created more than 80 children’s novels. To date, she has sold more than 180 million copies. Yang Hongying is one of the most successful and popular Chinese children authors in modern time. Yang grew up in Chengdu and became a Chinese language teacher at a local primary school at the age of 18. Yang began to publish children’s literature at the age of 19. After her first year on the job, she began full time writing on children’s fiction, in order to supplement students’ reading material. To date, she has sold about 180 million copies. Many people refer to Madame Yang as the JK Rowling of China. Both writers are widely beloved in China. However, in terms of sales performance Madame Yang’s works have outsold JK Rowling’s by a factor of 6 to 1 in China’s retail market. http://boyanllc.com/authors/