曹文轩,儿童文学作家。1954年生,江苏盐城人。1979年毕业于北京大学中文系,后留校任教。现为教授、博士生导师,北大中文系中国当代文学教研室主任,中国作家协会全国委员会委员、儿童文学委员会委员,北京市作家协会理事。代表作品有:长篇儿童小说《山羊不吃天堂草》、《草房子》等。 Cao Wenxuan, writer of children’s literature. Born in 1954, Yancheng, Jiangsu. In 1979 graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University, and later stayed to teach. He is currently a professor and doctoral tutor. He is the director of the Department of Chinese Contemporary Literature at the Beida Chinese Department, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association, a member of the Children’s Literature Committee, and a member of the Beijing Writers Association. Representative works include: long children’s novels “Goats do not eat paradise grass”, “grass house” and so on.