艾蓓 is best known as the pen name of a Chinese-American writer (born Ai Pei) whose 1994 novel 《
叫父亲太沉重》 sparked public discussion when it claimed to be the memoir of an illegitimate daughter of Zhou Enlai (
周恩来) - a claim widely disputed. The name itself combines
艾 'mugwort' and
蓓 'flower bud'.
