[3][4] [5] Her main works include short stories and novels.

She won the 2001 New Concept Writing Competition organised by Mengya magazine.

[6] She is often labeled as part of a group of successful Chinese authors known as the "post-'80s" generation.

[11] Currently, Zhang is a teacher of Literary Studies in Renmin University of China.

[12] Several of her works have been translated into English by Jeremy Tiang, as well as into various other languages.