2015 Alumna
Cottage: Oak
BIO: Kirstin Chen's new novel, Counterfeit, is forthcoming from William Morrow / HarperCollins in June 2022. Her second novel, Bury What We Cannot Take, was named a best book of the season by Electric Literature, The Millions, The Rumpus, Harper’s Bazaar, and InStyle. She is also the author of Soy Sauce for Beginners. She has received fellowships from the Steinbeck Fellows Program, Sewanee, Hedgebrook, and Djerassi, among others. Born and raised in Singapore, she lives in San Francisco.