Zhou Weihui

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Zhou Weihui is a Chinese writer, living and working in Shanghai and New York. Her novel Shanghai Baby  (2000) was banned in the People's Republic of China as "decadent". Her latest novel Marrying Buddha  (2005) was censored, modified and published in China under a modified title. She is often associated with Mian Mian, another slightly older member of the so-called "New Generation". Zhou Weihui, known in the West as Wei Hui, studied Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University in Shanghai, after a year of military training. Her first short story was published at the age of 21. Her first novel Shanghai Baby, was a local bestseller in Shanghai. Marrying Buddha, Weihui's second novel and a sequel to Shanghai Baby, was published in 2005 and became another international bestseller. 

Wei Hui has been regarded by international media as a spokeswoman of the new generation of Chinese young women. She has presented her work in a large number of Western publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, the BBC, The Times, The Sunday Times, the Economist, Stern, Welt am Sonntag, Asahi Shimbun, NHK, Yomiuri Shimbun, Le Monde, Le Figaro and more.

Apart from Shanghai Baby and Marrying Buddha, Zhou Weihui has published four other books in Chinese and Japanese:

1. The Shriek of the Butterfly
2. Virgin in the Water
3. Crazy Like Weihui
4. Desire Pistol