Wang Xiaoni, born in1955, lives between Shenzhen, Guangdong, and Hainan Island. She has published five books of poetry and been honored with many awards, including the Ann Gao Poetry Prize in 1999, and the Chinese Literature Media Award in 2004. Her work is known for its keen detail and explication of everyday life. Something Crosses My Mind, published in China in 2008, spans twenty years of her writing.
王小妮，曾任海南大學教授。已出版詩集《我的紙裡包著我的火》、《半個我正在疼痛》、《致另一個世界》（臺灣秀威）、《有什麼在我心裡一過》（香港中文大學出版社）、《出門種葵花》、《月光79首》。另已出版小說隨筆多部。