Zhang Zhilu is a writer and playwright. His Literary works include the novels Thunderbolt Beibei, The Third Legion, Illegal Wisdom, Turtles Also on the Internet and Qianwen's Dance. He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and won numerous awards including the China Book Award, Andersen Award China division, Soong Ching Ling Children's Literature Award and Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award. He has also won the China Film Huabiao Award and the Cairo International Children's Film Festival Gold Award, and published the film theory monograph Chinese Children's Film History.
