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An Yu grew up in Beijing and spent parts of her life studying and working in New York and Paris. She received her M.F.A. from New York University, during which she wrote her first novel, BRAISED PORK. Her short stories were finalists for the Short-Story Award For New Writers from Glimmer Train and the Annual Contest from Dogwood Journal. Apart from writing, she is the co-founder of YU, a jade jewellery brand based in Hong Kong.
An Yu’s debut novel BRAISED PORK was published in January 2020 by Harvill Secker in the UK, and in April 2020 by Grove Atlantic in the US. Her second novel, GHOST MUSIC, followed in 2022. Her latest novel SUNBIRTH will be published by Harvill Secker and Grove Atlantic in 2025.
