About the Author / 關於作者 

About the Author:

ZHANG GUAN, writer, poet, director, musician, the founder of ZG Publishing House;

Born in 1984, Master's degree, studied in Beijing Film Academy, Communication University of China, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He started his literary creation at 20 years old. He published his first novel Who Has Time Failed (Simplified Chinese Edition) in 2007 (The traditional Chinese Edition of the novel Another Kind of Waste was published in 2015). After that, he created many novels and poems including Lover Letter, A Secret in a Distant Place, Lemon, Bicycle, Nowhere to Go, Lemon II, Train, Time and Imagination, Roam, Lighthouse and Mirage, 33, etc. His books are published in simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese and English, sold in many countries and areas.

Directed stage play The Romance of Paper Plane (adapted from his novel Love Letter); stage play Lemon (adapted from his novel Lemon), publicly shown in Los Angeles in 2016;

Released music album Letters from a Young Poet in 2022;

Directed avant-garde play Roam (adapted from his poetry collection Roam), publicly shown in Vancouver in 2024;

Zhang Guan's writings focus on thinking about society and human nature, exploring inner emotions and the spiritual world, and exploring the value and meaning of existence. The author never participates in any literary competitions or awards, he believes that the feeling of art works is only related to the perception of the individual, and there is no uniform criterion for judging. He also keeps independent thinking and creating, using his works to express his perception of life and existence. Through his works, he meets friends who think independently and have resonances, giving each other the strength to move forward.

The author has lived in Beijing, Los Angeles and Toronto, now he lives in Vancouver, Canada.

關於作者：

張冠，作家、詩人、導演、獨立音樂人、ZG  Publishing House創始人；

1984年出生，碩士研究生畢業，曾就讀於北京電影學院、中國傳媒大學、美國加州大學洛杉磯分校（UCLA），二十歲開始文學創作，2007年出版第一本長篇小説《誰把流光辜負了》(簡體中文版)（繁體中文版《另一種蹉跎》於2015年出版），后陸續創作出版《情書》《遙遠的地方有個秘密》《檸檬》《單車》《無處安放》《檸檬2》《火車、時間與遐想》《漫遊》《燈塔與海市蜃樓》《33》等十餘部長篇小説與詩集等作品，其作品以簡體中文、繁體中文、英文出版，并在多個國家和地區發行。

2016年導演由其小說《情書》改編的舞台劇《紙飛機之戀》(The Romance of Paper Plane) 與其小說《檸檬》改編的同名舞台劇《檸檬》(Lemon)，並在美國洛杉磯公演；

2022年發行原創音樂專輯《年輕時人的信》；

2024年導演由其詩集《漫遊》改編的同名實驗劇《漫遊》(Roam) 並在加拿大溫哥華公演；

張冠作品多關注于對社會以及人性的思考，探討内心情感與内在的精神世界，探索存在的價值與意義。作者從不參加任何文學類的比賽與獎項，他認爲對藝術作品的感受只與個體的感知有關，并無統一的評判標準。他也一直保持獨立思考與創作，用作品來表達自己對生命以及存在的感悟，同時也通過作品與同樣獨立思考和有共鳴的朋友相遇，並彼此給予前行的力量。

作者曾在北京、洛杉磯、多倫多等地居住生活，現居加拿大溫哥華。