Joyce Li received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College in 2018. She has been awarded scholarships, prizes, and residencies from Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Tin House, the Norton Island Residency Program, the New York State Summer Writers Institute, and Brooklyn College. A Jersey girl at heart, she now lives in New York, where she works for a non-profit organization for immigrants in the arts and sciences, and enjoys the many culinary and cultural offerings there. She is working on a novel set in the Kowloon Walled City.