Wei Hui studied Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University in Shanghai, after a year of military training. Her first short story published at the age of 21. Her first novel "Shanghai Baby", after being #1 best seller overnight in China, was banned due to its explicit sexual scenes and bold portrait of china's new generation, and the publishing house was closed down for 3 months. Shanghai Baby became instantly an international best seller published in 34 languages over 45 countries for over 6 millions copies,it is so far the most sold Chinese contemporary literature.
Shanghai Baby, a same-titled major feature film based on this book will hit international market in early 2007.
Marrying Buddha, her second novel came out in 2005 and became another international best seller.The heroine coco,a representative of socially and sexually liberated Chinese young women, continues her journey of self-discovery on female's sexuality and modern spirituality, this time, marrying Buddha.
Wei Hui has been regarded by international medias as a spokeswoman of Chinese new generation especially chinese young women, she and her works has been widely appearing on all major medias like The New York Times, The New Yorker,Time Magzine, CNN,U.S.A Today,BBC,The Times, The Sunday Times, Economist, Stern,Welt Am Sonntag, Asahi,NHK,Yomiuri,Le Monde,Le Figaro,Just to name a few.
She has other 4 books in Chinese and Japanese
- The shriek of butterfly
- Virgin in the water
- Crazy like wei hui
- Desire pistol
She currently lives in Shanghai and New york.
