Jing-Jing Lee

Jing-Jing Lee (born 1985) is a Singaporean author who writes in the English language; her best-known work is the novel How We Disappeared (2019).^[1][2]

Jing-Jing Lee MSt
Born	Li Jingjing 1985 (age 39–40) Singapore
Occupation	Novelist, port, short story writer
Language	English
Alma mater	National University of Singapore Oxford University
Years active	2009 – present
Notable works	How We Disappeared
Spouse	Marco
Children	1
Chinese name
Chinese	李晶晶
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Jīngjīng IPA [lì tɕíŋ.tɕíŋ]
Website
jingjinglee.com

Early life and education

Lee was born in Singapore in 1985 and grew up speaking Mandarin. She was not read to as a child, only discovering books at school.

She attended The Chinese High School and then went to the National University of Singapore, where she studied social science and business before dropping out. She later completed a MSt in creative writing at the University of Oxford in England.^[3]

Career

Lee published a book of short stories, If I Could Tell You, in 2013,^[4] and a poetry collection And Other Rivers in 2015.^[5]

Her debut novel, How We Disappeared, was published in 2019 and was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction;^[6][7] it was included in the Big Jubilee Read, a list of 70 novels by Commonwealth authors created to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.^[8][9][10]

Selected publications

Short-story collections

• If I Could Tell You (2013)

Novels

• How We Disappeared (2019)

Poetry

• And Other Rivers (2015)

Personal life

Lee lives in Amsterdam with her husband, Marco, and their son.^[11][12]