About

I’m a writer living in Los Angeles. My debut novel, Goodbye, Vitamin, won the 2017 California Book Award for First Fiction, and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction. From 2011 to 2016, I was the managing editor then executive editor of Lucky Peach magazine. With Lucky Peach, I also edited a cookbook about eggs, called All About Eggs. In 2018, I founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission district; I retired at the end of 2021. My second novel, Real Americans, was published by Knopf in April 2024, and was an instant New York Times bestseller. My story collection, My Dear You, is forthcoming from Knopf in April 2026. I write the monthly newsletter, Short Story Short. Along with my friends Meng Jin, Susanna Kwan, and Shruti Swamy I teach writing workshops and retreats. Find us at The Dream Side.