Siao Yi is the penname of Siao Jingren. He was born in Shandong Province in 1936. He resettled in Taiwan in 1949. He had studied in the Naval Academy but then withdrew when he realized that he had no intention of staying in the Navy. He started writing wusia novels when he studied in the Department of Chemistry in Chungyuan Institute of Technology. He eventually suspended his university studies and became a professional writer because his novels were very popular.

      He kept writing for several decades and apart from wusia novels he also wrote plays for China Television Co., CTV, and published a few hundred essays. He emigrated to L.A. in 1976. He was famous for writing love affairs in his novels and his well known works include Cidao Caihong, Hancing Kanjian, Maming Fongsiaosiao, Gan Shihjiumei and Siaojie Jindao.