Born in 1991 in Pingtung County, Chen Erh-Yuan studied technology and engineering at National Taiwan Normal University. Raised in a floricultural community, he eventually returned home to take over the family nursery. His writing is rooted in the soil of southern Taiwan, and drawn from real-life experience. His accolades include the Lin Rong-San Literature Prize, the China Times Literature Prize, and the Kaohsiung Youth Literature Award.