Liu Heping

Liu was from Shaodong and born in Hengyang, Hunan Province, southern China in 1953.^[2] His father was a playwright, and his mother was an opera actor.^[2] His dramatisation of the final years of the Jiajing Emperor, Ming Dynasty in 1566, was released as a TV drama and a series of novels in 2007.^[3] In 2014, his drama about the Chinese Civil War, All Quiet in Peking, was also released in both TV and novel formats.^[4] Liu won the award for best screenplay for All Quiet in Peking at the 30th Feitian Awards.^[5]

• Ming Dynasty in 1566 (2007)^[6]
• All Quiet in Peking (2014)^[7]

• 1566: The Taoist Emperor (Translated by Wen Huang) (2020)^[8]
• 1566: The Imperial Governor (Translated by Wen Huang) (2021)^[9]
• 1566: The Chief Eunuch (Translated by Wen Huang) (2022)^[10]
• 1566: The Emperor's Nemesis (Translated by Wen Huang) (2022)^[11]
• All Quiet in Peking: Under Turbulent Skies (Translated by Teng Jimeng) (2022)^[12]
• All Quiet in Peking: Behind Closed Doors (Translated by Teng Jimeng) (2022)^[13]

• All Quiet in Peking: Final Curtain Call (Translated by Christopher Payne) (2023)^[14]