肖铁1979年出生于北京,父亲系《人民文学》副主编、著名作家肖复兴。2001年,肖铁从北京大学中文系毕业后赴美国威斯康辛大学学习,获博士学位。他现居美国,执教于印第安纳大学伯明顿分校。肖铁像父亲一样热爱文学,创作出版了长篇小说《转校生》、《飞行的杀手》和小说、散文集《红房子》、《坚硬的早春》等。作品曾获冰心图书奖、北京大学创新奖等。肖铁1998年加入中国作家协会,是真正的“文二代”。其实,肖铁的成长之路并非一帆风顺。上中学时他是个贪玩的孩子,常常惹得肖复兴不高兴,父子屡屡发生摩擦。 Xiao Tie was born in 1979 in Beijing. His father is Associate Editor of “People’s Literature” and famous writer Xiao Fuxing. In 2001, Xiao Tie studied at the University of Wisconsin after receiving a Ph.D. degree from Peking University Chinese Department. He lives in the United States and coaches at Indiana University, Bloomington. Xiao Tie, like his father, loved literature and created and published novels like “School Transfer Students”, “Flying Killer” and novels, essays “Red House” and “Hard Early Spring”. Works won the Bing Xin Book Award, Peking University Innovation Award. Xiao Tie joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1998 and is truly a “second language”. In fact, Xiao Tie’s growth path is not easy. He was a fun kid when he was in high school, often annoying Xiao Fuxing and often having friction with his father and son.