Jade Y. Chen () is a novelist, journalist, theatre director and playwright from Taiwan. She is best known for her book, China, which won the Taiwan Golden Text Award (éÂÂå ¸çÂÂ) for best novel and the Hong Kong Baptist UniversityâÂÂs Dream of the Red Chamber Award Jury Prize.
Her 2004 bestselling novel Mazu's Bodyguards was adapted into a musical, presented at the National Theater in Taipei in December 2009. In Taiwan Today, it was described as a "bold attempt to explore TaiwanâÂÂs complex ethnic, cultural and political history".
Her works have been translated in German and English.