A Yi, born in 1976. Works include four short story collections including Niao kanjian wole (The Bird has Seen Me) and Hui gushi (Grey Stories), three novels including Mofan qingnian (Model Youth), and two collections of essays. Among the novels, Xianmian, wo gai gan xie shenme (What Should I Do Next) has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, and ten other languages. The translator was awarded the PEN Translation Award. According to the statistics relating to the international impact of Chinese-language literature, his novel Zaoshang jiudian jiaoxing wo (Wake Me Up at Nine AM) ) accounted for the highest number of volumes of Chinese-language novels in overseas collections in 2019.

阿乙，生于1976年，出版有《鸟看见我了》《灰故事》等四部短篇小说集、《模范青年》等三部小说单行本及两本随笔集，其中长篇《下面，我该干些什么》被翻译为英、法、西、意等十个语种出版，译者获“英国笔会翻译奖”，另根据中国图书海外馆藏影响力报告统计，长篇《早上九点叫醒我》为2019年海外馆藏最多中文文学图书。