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).

Early life

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 Oxford University.

Career

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

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

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.