LIU Xiyun (???), experimental fiction writer, was born in 1994, grew up in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and is currently an MA Student at The University of Sheffield. Her former works include Pearly Ga...view moreLIU Xiyun (???), experimental fiction writer, was born in 1994, grew up in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and is currently an MA Student at The University of Sheffield. Her former works include Pearly Gates Beyond Our Universe, Void and Questions of Ultimus, in which she experimented with and gradually developed her original idea of what she now calls “distortionism”. Paul Wingfield, tutor for admissions of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, left a praising remark on her first novel Pearly Gates Beyond Our Universe (originally called Parallel Universe with Time in Front of Ours), saying that “We greatly enjoyed reading your book on ‘Parallel Universe with Time in Front of Ours’, which we thought showed signs of real scholarly promise and ability.” death'o'toddl'r, her newest novel, brings “distortionism” to a climax.view less