
Ba Jin was a Chinese author and political activist who wrote The Family in the 20th century.

Cao Wenxuan is a Chinese novelist, best known for his works of children's literature. Cao is the vice president of Beijing Writers Association. He is also a professor and doctoral tutor at Peking University. His novels have been translated into English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Serbian.

Chen Danyan is a writer based in Shanghai, China. Born in Beijing, she moved to Shanghai as a child and her writing revolves around Shanghai and Shanghainese women. She is best known for her trilogy of biographical narratives: Shanghai Memorabilia, Shanghai Princess, and Shanghai Beauty.

Yan Zhen is a Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher, best known in China for his writing. Yan has published over 30 works of literature, including poetry, prose, and fiction. He was the editor of Jiaodong Daily (胶东日报), the Deputy Head of the Anhui Journal of Art and Literature (安徽省文艺创作研究室), vice editor in chief of Qing Ming Journal (清明), editor in chief of Poetry Journal (诗歌报), and a council member of the China Writers Association, or CWA (中国作协). Yan lives and works in Beijing.

Ye Shengtao was a Chinese writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician. He was a founder of the Association for Literary Studies (文學研究會), the first literature association during the May Fourth Movement in China. He served as the Vice-Minister of Culture of the People's Republic of China.

Ed Tse-chun Young is a Chinese-born American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. He won one Caldecott Medal for the year's best American picture book and for his lifetime contribution as a children's illustrator he was twice the U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Yu Rong (郁蓉) is an award-winning Chinese illustrator of children's picture books, especially known for her use of papercutting artwork.

Zhang Huaicun(simplified Chinese: 张怀存; traditional Chinese: 張懷存; pinyin: Zhāng Huáicún; born December 1972) is an artist and an author of children's literature. She is Tu Ethnic Minority people, British Chinese, a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and the Chinese Writers Association.