Before receiving her MFA from Cornell University, Ling Ma worked as a journalist and editor. Her writing had already appeared in Granta, Vice, Playboy, Chicago Reader, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere before an excerpt from Severance, her debut novel, won the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize. Of the novel, Buzzfeed Books says, “Ma’s language does so much…
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Ling Ma
Ling received her MFA from Cornell University. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a journalist and editor. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Vice, Playboy, Chicago Reader, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere. A chapter of Severance received the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize. She lives in Chicago.
Daniel Reneau
Daniel is a Denver-based illustrator skilled in digital and traditional mediums, and specializes in horror, fantasy, science fiction, and comic book illustration. He is the co-creator of the graphic novel Zombiraq, a winner of the 2013 L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Award, and a graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Learn more at www.danielbdemented.carbonmade.com.
