Mengyin Linhas published short fiction inJoyland,Pleiades,Epiphany,Fence,swamp pink, andBest Debut Short Stories(Catapult Books). She has published essays in theNew York Times, and she is the translator of the screenplaysKnives Outby Rian Johnson for Tecent Pictures andWolf Warrior 2by Wu Jing, Dong Qun, and Liu Yi for Beijing Dengfeng International Media. She has taught for Girls Write Now. She holds a BFA from New York University and an MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College.