VANESSA CHAN is the Malaysian author of THE STORM WE MADE, a novel, and THE UGLIEST BABIES IN THE WORLD, a story collection — both forthcoming from Marysue Rucci Books/Scribner. Her novel will be published in 2024 in seventeen languages worldwide. Vanessa’s other work has been published in Electric Lit, Kenyon Review, Ecotone, and more. She has received scholarship support from the Disquiet, Sewanee, Bread Loaf, and Tin House writers’ conferences, and co-curates the 20+ year old Pete’s Reading Series in Brooklyn.