Severance (Ling Ma) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—N/A
• Where—Sanming, China
• Raised—Utah, Nebraska, and Kansas, (USA)
• Education—B.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., Cornell University
• Awards—Graywolf SLS Prize
• Currently—lives in Chicago, Illinois


Ling Ma was born in China and grew up in the US in the Midwest. She attended the University of Chicago and received an MFA from Cornell University.

Prior to graduate school she worked as a journalist and an editor. Her writing has appeared in Granta, VICE, Playboy, Chicago Reader, Ninth Letter, and other publications. A chapter of Severance received the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. (From the publisher.)