Meng Jin s the author of the novel Little Gods (Custom House, 2020), and the story collection, Self-Portrait with Ghost (Mariner Books, 2022). A Kundiman fellow, her books have been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner, LA Times First Fiction Prize, NYPL Young Lions Award, and other honors, and her short fiction has been anthologized in The Pushcart Prizes and Best American Short Stories.