Mo Ai
From Clumsy Media
Mo Ai (Simplified Chinese: 墨爱; born October 20, 1994) is the penname of the popular romance novelist and scripwriter based in Shanghai, China. It directly translated to pen ink love.
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Background information
Birthname: Qin Min Yao / 秦敏瑶
DOB: October 20, 1994
Nationality: Chinese
Assosicated Groups: Zui Magazine
Graudate: The Essington School Darwin (2009-2011) || Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2012-current) ||
Management: Shang Hai Zui Culture Development Co.,Ltd. (2011-current) || Clumsy Media (2012-current)
Biography
Early life
Qin was born in Utashinai, Hokkaidō, Japan during a holiday trip to both Chinese parents. She is the youngest child of Qin Song Ruo (Simplified Chinese: 秦宋若) and Xia Min Yao (Simplified Chinese: 夏闵杳). Qin's paternal grandfather have noted to be a Zainichi Korean under the name of Yoshida Jun (Katakana: 吉田 潤) with the official birth name Park Beom (Hanja: 朴范) but her grandmother is a Chinese immigrant named Qin Ke (Simplified Chinese: 秦牁) and due to their move to China in the late 60's, all of the family decendants have since been officially registered as full Chinese citizens.
In 2003, when Qin was nine years old, the family relocated to Marsden Bay, New Zealand, but two years later, the family migrated to Yangzhou, China for her father's business relocation. However just a year later, Qin followed her elder brother Qin Mi Yin (Simplified Chinese: 秦覓犾) to Darwin, Australia on his university scholarship. Upon graduating high school, Qin received an immediate contract with a new line media production company after Chinese winning author Guo Jing Min came upon her work and moved to Shanghai, China.
Career
It was belatedly reported on January 21, 2014 that Mo suffered from a technical error on her personal laptop mid-2013 and that up to five unfinished works were erased completely. She confirmed that there were no back-up copies and will have to "rewrite from scratch" if the works are to see "the light of the day". However she denied it to be a set back as she was "drained from inspiration" and "did not plan to finish those stories anytime soon", believing that it is a sign to start anew.
Education
Besides her native language, Qin has a band eight level of language skills in both English and Japanese. Although not being religious, she attended an private Christian high school, The Essington School Darwin, where she graduated in 2011.
Qin is currently attending Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specialising in foreign languages of Italian and French.
Bibliography
Novels & novellas
English
- Heartstrings (unpublished)
- One Day (unpublished)
Chinese
- 《九月份的街》 (The Streets in September) (unpublished)
Short story & collections
- Scent, 2012
Translations
From English into Chinese
- 《雨下的演唱会》 (The Rain Concert), 2011
