Jemimah Wei

Jemimah was born and raised in Singapore and is now based between Singapore and the United States. She is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 Honouree, William Van Dyke Short Story Prize winner, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and Felipe P. De Alba Fellow at Columbia University. A recipient of awards and fellowships from Singapore's National Arts Council, Hemmingway House, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and Writers in Paradise, her writing has appeared in Joyland, Guernica, and Narrative, amongst others.

Her highly anticipated debut novel, THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, is a Good Morning America Book Club Pick, a New York Times Editors' Pick, and an American Booksellers Association Indie Next pick. It was named a best book of Spring by Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Vogue, Apple Books, and more.