As the representative work of Zhang Ai-ling, Love in a Fallen City embodies a concentrated reflection of the aesthetic pursuit of the authoress. 倾城之恋》作为张爱玲的代表作,集中反映了张爱玲小说的美学追求。
authoress
[ noun ] a woman author <noun.person>
Authoress \Au"thor*ess\, n. A female author. --Glover.
Note: The word is not very much used, author being commonly applied to a female writer as well as to a male.