Profile
Pen Name: Tong Hua – 桐华, Zhang Xiao San – 张小三
Real Name: Ren Hai Yan – 任海燕
Sex: Female
Nationality: Chinese
Birthday: 1980-10-18
Birthplace: Hanzhong (Shanxi)
Currently lives in: New York
Alma Mater: Peking Univerity (Finance Major)
Social Media: Weibo
Her Novels
Startling by Each Step – 步步惊心
Publication Date: 2005 (online), 2006-06 (first book publication), 2011 (revised edition)
Volumes: 2
Drama Adaptation: Scarlet Heart (2011), Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016 Korean Drama)
Movie Adaptation: Time to Love (2015)
English Fan Translation: Bu Bu Jing Xin English, status: 6 chapters translated
Ballad of the Desert – 大漠谣
Publication Date: 2006-11
Volumes: 2
Drama Adaptation: Sound of the Desert (2014)
English Fan Translation: A Koala’s Playground, status: completed
Song in the Clouds – 云中歌
Sequel to Ballad of the Desert
Publication Date: 2007-09
Volumes: 3
Drama Adaptation: Yun Zhong Ge (2015)
English Fan Translation: A Koala’s Playground, status: completed
Secrets Hidden In Time – 被时光掩埋的秘密
Alternative Name: Best Time – 最美的时光
Publication Date: 2009-01
Volumes: 1
Drama Adaptation: Best Time (2013)
English Fan Translation: None
Time Will Never Go Back – 那些回不去的年少时光
Publication Date: 2009-01
Volumes: 2
Drama Adaptation: None
English Fan Translation: Tofubyu, status: volume 1 completed, volume 2 first chapter translated
Once Promised – 曾许诺
Publication Date: 2011-01
Volumes: 2
Drama Adaptation: A Life Time Love (2017)
English Fan Translation: Confessions of a Drama Addict, status: 6 chapters translated
Lost You Forever – 长相思
Sequel to Once Promised
Publication Date: 2013-03
Volumes: 3
Drama Adaptation: Love You Forever (in planning)
English Fan Translation: A Koala’s Playground, status: completed
The Memory About You – 半暖时光
Publication Date: 2014-10
Volumes: 1
Drama Adaptation: None
English Fan Translation: None
The Starry Night, The Starry Sea – 那片星空，那片海
Publication Date: 2015-05
Volumes: 1
Drama Adaptation: The Starry Night, The Starry Sea (2017)
Movie Adaptation: The Starry Night, The Starry Sea (in planning)
English Fan Translation: None
The Memory Lost In Space – 散落星河的记忆
Publication Date: 2017-03
Volumes: TBA
Drama Adaptation: None
English Fan Translation: None
Sorrow Relieving Tune – 解忧曲
Sequel to Lost You Forever
Publication Date: TBA
Volumes: TBA
Drama Adaptation: None
English Fan Translation: None
Her Screenplays
Perfect Couple – 金玉良缘
Drama Release Date: 2014-04-21
The Cage of Love – 抓住彩虹的男人
Drama Release Date: 2015-05-26
Destined to Love You – 偏偏喜欢你
Drama Release Date: 2015-06-16
A Detective Housewife – 煮妇神探
Drama Release Date: 2016-06-08
Stay With Me – 放弃我，抓紧我
Drama Release Date: 2016-12-11