Anni Baobei
Li Jie (), more commonly known by her pen name Anni Baobei or Annie Baby (), is a Chinese novelist, born 11 July 1974 in Ningbo, Zhejiang. She is nicknamed "Flower in the Dark" by her readers due to her novels' themes of loneliness and isolation. Li currently lives in Beijing. Writing career 
In her early twenties, Li worked at a bank in Ningbo, but her distaste for the job led her to begin her career as an online writer in 1998. In 2000, she began writing for the website Rongshuxia, which was one of China's first literary forums. In that same year, she published Goodbye, Vivian, a collection of short stories; this was her first print publication, and would sell half a million copies. Li has also worked as an editor of the literary journal Open and as a translator of children's books. Her work appears in Chinese magazines Harvest, Writers and Elle. Works
 Goodbye, Vivian (告別薇安) (2000), short story
 Qiyue and Ansheng (七月与安生) (2000), short story
 Endless August (八月未央) (2001), short story
 The Flower Across the Bank (彼岸花)
 Spring Banquet, novel
 The Road of Others (去往别处的路上), short story
 Two or Three Things (二三事) (2004), novel
 Lotus (莲花) (2006), novel: The main characters, Shansheng and Qingzhao, travel on foot to a village in Tibet, where one of Shansheng's boyhood friends works as a teacher. Information about Shansheng and Qingzhao is revealed in flashbacks: they are successful in their professional lives, but feel disillusioned with life in the city. Ultimately, the two attempt to make a life for themselves outside of the confines of contemporary Chinese society. Padma (莲花) (2006), novel
 The Beauty of Old Books
Note that many of Li's works do not yet have standardized English translations. Media adaptations
Soulmate (2016 film) starring Sandra Ma and Zhou Dongyu; based on Qiyue and Ansheng
Another Me (2019 television series) starring Shen Yue, Chen Duling, and Xiong Ziqi; based on Qiyue and Ansheng
Beautiful Reborn Flower (2019 television series) starring Song Weilong, Lin Yun, Peter Ho, and Li Xin'ai; based on The Flower Across the Bank
Endless Summer (upcoming film) starring Luo Jin, Zhong Chuxi, and Tan Songyun; based on August Never Ends

References

External links
 Profile from www.chinese-shortstories.com 
 Peony Literary Agency profile 
 Fiction by Li Jie at WorldCat

Living people
1974 births
Pseudonymous women writers
Chinese women short story writers
Chinese romantic fiction writers
Writers from Ningbo
Women romantic fiction writers
20th-century Chinese women writers
20th-century Chinese novelists
21st-century Chinese women writers
Chinese women novelists
People's Republic of China novelists
20th-century Chinese short story writers
21st-century Chinese short story writers
Short story writers from Zhejiang
20th-century pseudonymous writers
21st-century pseudonymous writers