| Wu Xuelan | |
| Native Name: | 吴雪岚 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-hans |
| Pseudonym: | Liu Lianzi |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Huzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Language: | Chinese |
| Period: | 2005–present |
| Genre: | Novel |
| Notableworks: | Empresses in the Palace Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace |
Wu Xuelan (; born 8 October 1984), better known by her pen name Liu Lianzi (Chinese:), is a Chinese novelist. Her most well-known works are Empresses in the Palace and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace.[1] [2] [3]
Wu was born in Huzhou, Zhejiang in 1984. After graduating from Lianshi High School, she was accepted to Zhejiang Normal University. She started writing novels in 2006 and completed Empresses in the Palace in 2007, for which she won the Tencent Literature Prize of that same year. Her second novel, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, was published in 2012. She joined the China Writers Association in 2013.[4]
Two of her works have been adapted into television series (in which she has made cameo appearances):