虹影，享譽世界文壇的著名女作傢。1962年生於重慶。曾在北京魯迅文學院、上海復旦大學讀書。代錶作有長篇《K》、《阿難》、《飢餓的女兒》、《一個流浪女的未來》、詩集《魚教會魚歌唱》等。

編著有《海外中國女作傢小說精選》、《以詩論詩》、《中國女作傢異域生活小說選》、《墓床》等。

曾獲“英國華人詩歌一等奬”、中國颱灣《聯閤報》短篇小說奬新詩奬、紐約《特爾菲卡》雜誌“中國最優秀短篇小說奬”，三部長篇被譯成16種文字在歐美、以及以色列、日本等國齣版。長篇自傳體小說《飢餓的女兒》曾獲中國颱灣1997年聯閤報讀書人最佳書奬，被權威媒體評為2000年十大人氣作傢之一。

Set in 1930s China, this is a true but tragic tale of romance, sexual desire, and untimely death. Beautiful, intelligent, and schooled in the Daoist arts of love, Lin is married to a provincial university professor. Julian Bell, son of Vanessa Bell, and darling of the Bloomsbury set, has arrived in China, hungry for experience. Their mutual attraction leads to a passionate phy-sical and spiritual sojourn in Beijing. Unable to realize their love in a society divided by cultural conflict and the threat of war, they eventually part: Julian to fight for the Loyalists in Spain and Lin to contemplate suicide in her husband's house.