New York City, 2019

New York City, 2019

Kiki Liu, aka Ssu-Fang Jessie, is a writer based in New York City. She is the author of the novel Mysterious Girl in an Odd City 怪城少女, Poor Little Things 可憐的小東西 , a short story collection, and Hide and Seek 躲貓貓, an essay collection. In 2020, her short story, “Four Little Swans 四小天鵝”, won the Lin Rong-San Literature Prize, one of the most prestigious literary prizes for Chinese language writers. Her novel Mysterious Girl in an Odd City was shortlisted for the Taipei Literary Award in 2023. In addition to these Chinese writings, her English prose can be found in The Vassar Review (2022).

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she pursued her Ph.D. degree in East Asian Literature at the University of California, Irvine. She has taught Chinese language, literature, and culture at Pomona College (CA) and Georgetown University (DC). She is currently teaching at Hunter College and living in Brooklyn.

劉思坊是現居於紐約市的作家。她的第一本中文散文作品《躲貓貓》於麥田出版社出版。第二本小說集《可憐的小東西》,由時報文學出版。第三本長篇小說《怪城少女》,也由時報文學出版。她的短篇小說〈四小天鵝〉獲得2020年林榮三文學獎。短篇小說集寫作計畫曾兩度獲得國藝會補助。長篇小說《怪城少女》為2023年台北文學獎年金入圍作品。除了中文寫作以外,英文作品曾於The Vassar Review刊登(2022).

劉思坊出生於台灣台北市,就讀於台灣師範大學國文系與政治大學台灣文學所,後至加州大學爾灣分校就讀東亞文學博士班,並取得女性主義研究副修。畢業後她曾在加州的波蒙納大學與華盛頓特區喬治城大學教過中文、中國文學與文化,目前主要在紐約杭特大學授課。2023年紐約市馬拉松完賽,也擁有墊上皮拉提斯和芭蕾雕塑師資。

《怪城少女》

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