Tiny Times 1.0: Dirty Secrets Make Friends

by Guo Jingming

Tinny Times takes Shanghai, the beautiful and fashionable city with rapid economic development as its background, telling a story of four girls Lin Xiao, Nan Xiang, Gu Li and Tang Wang, who have been intimate friends since their childhood. They have different views on values and life, and the huge changes they have successively experienced in love, friendship and even the kinship are the true reflection of todays young and fashionable peoples life. The four girls living in the same dormitory start their busy life of looking for jobs, and start to face the huge living pressure at the same time. In the campus life seeming to be peaceful, the things that they are unprepared for, or they dont know how to face and choose happen one after another. The author Guo Jingming uses the new narrating style and puts large amount of fashionable elements into it, giving many funny dialogues and contents, which make people either laugh it off or sigh with regret. The revised edition in 2013 is a special version sold together with the show the film, with Guo Jingmings new added contents.

332 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2013

About the author

Guo Jingming (Chinese: 郭敬明; Pinyin: Guo Jing Ming) born on June 6, 1983 is a Chinese YA writer. In addition to being an author and businessperson, Guo is also a teen pop idol and popular celebrity figure. On the other hand, Guo is a polarizing figure. In 2007, he was voted on Tianya.com, one of the country’s biggest online forums, as China’s "most hated male celebrity" for the third year in a row. Yet three of his four novels have sold over a million copies each, and by 2007, he was one of the best selling authors in China.
Guo Jingming is the president of Ke Ai Entertainment Company, which was established in 2004 by himself. Ke Ai mainly produces teen magazines such as “Top Novel” and “Island". In 2008, Guo Jingming signed a contract with Tian Yu Entertainment Company. Soon after, Guo was hired by Changjiang Publishing House in 2009 as a vice editor. Guo Jingming was the youngest member in China’s Writers Association when he was just 23 years old. Guo is also an occasional screenwriter.

He is also known as Quách Kính Minh among Vietnamese fans.

郭敬明（1983年6月6日——），中国著名作家，畅销小说家，上海最世文化发展有限公司董事长，《最小说》、《最漫画》主编。高中时期以“第四维”为笔名在华语文学网站“榕树下”发表文章，读者由此称他“四维”或“小四”。中国大陆“80后”作家群代表人物之一。2002年出版第一部作品《爱与痛的边缘》。2003年，因玄幻小说《幻城》而被人们熟知和关注。在《福布斯》杂志中文版推出的“福布斯名人榜”中，郭敬明连续八年登榜，2011年排名第53位。如今，随着《小时代》和《临界·爵迹》系列的陆续上市，郭敬明获得了更多年轻读者的热烈追捧。