Jean Chen Ho is the author of Fiona and Jane, one of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022, longlisted for the Story Prize, and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Vulture, Vogue, Oprah Daily, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, and Electric Literature. Her fiction, essays, and criticism appear in New York Times Magazine, The Cut, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, and many other publications. She teaches creative writing at Chapman University and the Randolph College Low-Residency MFA. She holds a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from USC, and an MFA from UNLV. She was born in Taiwan and currently lives in Los Angeles.

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