Xiaowen Zeng

Xiaowen Zeng was born in Jiamusi in the Heilongjiang of China. She received a Master of Arts in World Literature from Nankai University. Between 1994 and 2003, she lived in the United States, where she obtained a Master of Science in Telecommunications & Network Management from Syracuse University. In 2003, she immigrated to Canada.

Xiaowen's career in the IT field spanned from 1993 to 2019, during which she held positions such as System Analyst, IT Manager, and Senior Director of IT in Canada, the U.S., and China. In her spare time, she pursued writing, publishing various works of fiction, non-fiction, and screenplays.

Community activities include:

• Vice Chair and Chair of the Chinese Pen Society of Canada from 2004 to 2012
• Co-organized the First Chinese Canadian International Literature Symposium in 2011
• Presented at a number of Oversea Chinese Literature conferences in China
• Interviewed by CCTV (China) in 2006 and 2014; by OMNI Television in 2010, 2014 and 2018; by Fairchild TV in 2009 and 2018; and by a number of TV/radio stations, journals and newspaper in China, Canada and the US
• Presentations of readings and lectures at Toronto Public Library, at schools including Harvard University, the University of Toronto, York University, Western University in Canada, and Jinan University, Zhejiang University, People's University, Nankai University, and Tianjin Normal University in China etc.