Lucy Tan

Lucy Tan is an acclaimed author whose debut novel, What We Were Promised, garnered significant recognition.

The book was long listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a Best Book of 2018 by The Washington Post.

Tan holds an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received the 2016 August Derleth Prize and served as the James C. McCreight Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing.

Her short stories have been published in prestigious literary magazines such as McSweeney's, American Short Fiction, and Ploughshares.

Tan's work often explores themes of cultural identity and family dynamics.