Lijia Zhang

Lijia Zhang

Lijia Zhang was born in 1964 and raised on the banks of Yangtze River near Nanjing. At 16, she was pulled out of school and began her decade-long job at a factory.

At 26, Lijia travelled to England to study journalism, after which she worked as a freelance journalist. Her articles have been published in The IndependentThe ObserverThe Guardian and Newsweek.

In 2004, Lijia received a MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her first novel Lotus, was published in 2009. Lijia lives in Beijing with her two daughters.