Guo Jingming | |
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| Native name | 郭敬明 |
| Born | June 6, 1983 Zigong, Sichuan, China |
| Occupation | Writer, director |
| Alma mater | Shanghai University (dropped out) |
| Period | 1997-present |
| Genre | Fantastic |
| Notable works | Ice Fantasy |
Guo Jingming (Chinese: 郭敬明; pinyin: Guō Jìngmíng; born June 6, 1983), also known as Edward Guo, is a Chinese young adult writer, director, and businessman.[1]
While in high school, Guo began publishing articles online under the pen name "Fourth Dimension." He rose to fame by winning first prize consecutively in the 2001 and 2002 New Concept Writing Competition. After publishing his first novel, On the Edge of Love and Pain (2002), he found commercial success with Ice Fantasy (2003) and established himself as a commercially successful yet critically polarizing writer. His other bestsellers include Rush to the Dead Summer (2006), Cry Me a Sad River (2007), and the Tiny Times trilogy (2008–2012).
As a businessman, Guo founded Island Studio in 2004, publishing Island magazine until 2006. He founded CASTOR in 2006 and Zui Co., Ltd. in 2010. The two companies played a major role in China's young adult market throughout the 2010s, until they merged in 2019.[2] In 2008, Guo joined EE-Media to oversee behind-the-scenes production. Since the 2010s, he has shifted his career focus to being a showrunner, adapting his own works as well as creating original projects, such as Tiny Times (2013–2015), L.O.R.D (2016–2020), My Journey to You (2023) and Fangs of Fortune (2024).