Zhang Ling (张翎) is an award-winning author of ten novels and numerous collections of novellas and short stories. Born in China, she moved to Canada in 1986. In the mid-1990s, she began her literary career while working as a clinical audiologist, developing a bilingual literary practice in Chinese and English. She has received numerous literary honors, including the Chinese Media Literature Award for Author of the Year, the Grand Prize of the Overseas Chinese Literary Award, and Taiwan’s Open Book Award. Her selected publications includeWhere Waters Meet,A Single Swallow, andAftershock. Her novellaAftershockwas adapted into China’s first IMAX feature film. The Russian edition ofA Single Swallowhas been shortlisted for the prestigious Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award (final result to be announced in October 2026).

作者简介

张翎，浙江温州人，海外华文作家、编剧。代表作有《归海》《劳燕》《余震》等。小说曾获华语文学传媒大奖年度小说家奖，华侨华人文学奖评委会大奖（两度），中国时报开卷好书奖，香港红楼梦世界华文长篇小说专家推荐奖等两岸三地文学奖项。根据其小说《余震》改编的灾难片《唐山大地震》，获得包括亚太电影展最佳影片和中国电影百花奖最佳影片在内的多个奖项。长篇小说《劳燕》的俄语版进入俄罗斯享有盛名的亚斯纳亚 . 波利亚那文学奖终选名单。