Chiung Yao (simplified Chinese: 琼瑶; traditional Chinese: 瓊瑤; pinyin: Qióngyáo; Wade–Giles: Chiung Yao; born 陳喆 on April 20, 1938 in Sichuan, China) is the penname of a popular romance novelist based in Taiwan. Many of her works have been made and remade into movies and TV series. Films based on her books have been made in the Republic of China (Taiwan) since the 1970s, and were very popular during their time. They often featured Brigitte Lin, Lin Feng-jiao, Charlie Chin and/or Chin Han, who were then collectively known as the "Two Lins and Two Chins".
In the 1990s, TV series adapted from her works continued to be watched in Taiwan and sometimes, in Mainland China. Huan Zhu Ge Ge, or Princess Pearl in English, is the best-known and popular of her recent novels, owing to the popularity of the 1997, 1999 and 2003 TV series.