Lucy Tan earned her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was awarded the 2016 August Derleth Prize. Her stories have been published in Asia Literary Review, Sixfold Journal, Paterson Literary Review, and Ploughshares, where she was winner of the 2015 Emerging Writer's Contest. When the timing and role are right, she is also an actress (this fall she will perform in the Forward Theater Company’s production of 4000 Miles in Madison, WI). Lucy splits her time between Shanghai and New York City and can be found at www.lucyrtan.com