Born in the spring of 1990, Chiou Chang-Ting holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the Graduate Institute of Chinese Literature at National Dong Hwa University. She later worked at the Friendly Bookstore Cooperative and is currently a doctoral student at the Graduate Institute of Children’s Literature, National Taitung University. Chiou has received numerous literary honors, including the Grand Prize of the Unitas Fiction Newcomer Award, the Ministry of Education Literary Award, the King Car Fantasy Novel Award, the Lin Rong-San Literary Award, and grants from the Ministry of Culture such as the Emerging Artists Grant and the Youth Creative Grant. She was selected as one of Unitas magazine’s “20 Most Anticipated Contemporary Chinese-Language Writers,” and was invited to participate in the 2024 Lumière Program at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 in France and the Taiwan Culture Festival at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK. Her published novels include "The Land of Monsters" (simplified Chinese rights sold), "The Days When Swans Died" (featured in the Taiwan Pavilion at the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair), "Kingdom of Dreams" (selected as a Star Title in the 41st Recommended Reading List for Schoolchildren), "The Playground of the Mo-sîn-á," "New Gods" (winner of the 2019 Openbook Best Book Award and a BFT recommendation), and "Whistle Score." In 2021, her short story "Rain of Sparrows" won the ChiuKo Annual Fiction Award. Her most recent works include the fantasy novel "The Song of Beast Spirits" (second prize in the 1st Taiwan Booksellers Award) and the children’s novel "The Girl in the Red Dress."