Born in 1958 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Tien-Hsin Chu majored in history at National Taiwan University. The former editor of The Threes Journal, Chu is the recipient of numerous literary awards. Her works include Days on the Ark, The Song of Tilling the Toll, Yesterday When I was Young, Imperfect, Changing of the Seasons, I Remember, In Remembrance of My Buddies from the Military Compound, and The Old Capital.