Born in Taipei in 1963, Ren Zheng-hua began her comics career with the immensely popular Sea of Devil, serialized in Sunday Comics magazine, and later sold as a three volume graphic novel. Incisively witty with a touch of black humor, Ren masterfully weaves tales that run the gamut from ancient to modern, from mythic/fantastic to everyday reality, often satirizing the human capacity for both good and evil. Ren is also the founder of publisher BoHai Culture Co. and comics magazine Lotto. In 2007, her work was published in French under the title Le Fils, making Ren the first Taiwanese comic book creator to be published by Casterman, the renowned French comic book publisher.