Expecting a masterpiece Of the authors selected for the English-language series Modern Taiwan Fiction and the Japanese-language series Modern Taiwan Literature, Wang Chen-ho died long ago, Hsiao Li-hung is now a Buddhist and has not written anything for a long time, and Cheng Ching-wen is teaching and writing newspaper columns, while the remainder are still working at their craft.
期待佳作入選英譯「台灣現代小說創作系列」及日譯「現代台灣文學系列」的作家當中，王禎和已經過世，蕭麗紅則潛心學佛早已不寫小說，鄭清文教書、寫專欄… …，其餘多數的作家仍繼續創作不輟。