Jing-Jing Lee (born 1985) is a Singaporean author who writes in the English language; her best-known work is the novel How We Disappeared (2019).[1][2]

Early life

Lee was born in Singapore in 1985 and grew up speaking Mandarin. She was not read to as a child, only discovering books at school. She attended The Chinese High School and then went to the National University of Singapore, where she studied social science and business before dropping out. She later completed a MSt in Creative Writing at Oxford University.[3]

Career

Lee published a book of short stories, If I Could Tell You, in 2013,[4] and a poetry collection And Other Rivers in 2015.[5]

Her debut novel, How We Disappeared, was published in 2019 and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction;[6][7] it was included in the Big Jubilee Read, a list of 70 novels by Commonwealth authors created to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.[8][9][10]

Selected publications

Short story collections

  • If I Could Tell You (2013)

Novels

Poetry

  • And Other Rivers (2015)

Personal life

Lee lives in Amsterdam with her husband Marco and their son.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Longworth, Kate (10 July 2020). "MSt alumna Jing-Jing Lee & MSt tutor Amal Chatterjee in the BookClub Show online".
  2. ^ "Jing-Jing Lee". West Cork Music.
  3. ^ Leonard, Sue (23 August 2019). "Jing-Jing Lee". Sue Leonard.
  4. ^ "A review of If I Could Tell You by Jing-Jing Lee". Travelfish.
  5. ^ "Cha: An Asian Literary Journal - Three New Poetry Collections from Math Paper Press by Cyril Wong, Gaston Ng and Lee Jing-Jing".
  6. ^ Baker, Phil (29 September 2023). "Fiction review: How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee; Dublin Palms by Hugo Hamilton; Ash Before Oak by Jeremy Cooper" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Blog - Jing-Jing Lee - Why I Wrote How We Disappeared". oneworld-publications.com. 24 March 2020.
  8. ^ "BBC Arts - BBC Arts - The Big Jubilee Read - 2012-2022". BBC.
  9. ^ McNally, Interview: Carina (27 February 2022). "Book interview: How Aussie in exile JR Thorp brings Lear's wife back to life in first book". Irish Examiner.
  10. ^ "The God of Small Things to Shuggie Bain: the Queen's jubilee book list". the Guardian. 18 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Jing-Jing Lee". www.edbookfest.co.uk.
  12. ^ "About". Jing.

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