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Qi Xiao
Known online as Xiao Qi Xiao, this Chinese novelist built a large following with fast-paced popular fiction and screen adaptations of his work. He came to writing after working as an electrical automation engineer, which gives his career an unusual and memorable turn.
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拾遺記
by active 4th century Jia Wang, Zhiping Qi, Qi Xiao
About the author
A Chinese web novelist writing under the pen name Xiao Qi Xiao, he is a signed author on the Tomato Novel platform and a member of the China Writers Association. Public biographical sources also note that he trained at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature and once worked as an electrical automation engineer before turning to fiction full time.
He has been publishing since 2007, with novels including The Iron Age, Martial Empire, Orange Red Age, National Hero, Spring and Autumn Old House, A Rogue's Tale, and Crime Investigation Bureau. His work sits in the world of popular online fiction, where long-running series and strong storytelling momentum help authors build devoted readerships.
Some of his stories have also reached the screen, which has helped expand his audience beyond novel readers. That mix of engineering background, steady output, and crossover success makes him an interesting figure in contemporary Chinese commercial fiction.