YIN F. LIM

Yin F Lim is a Malaysian-born writer and editor who now lives in the UK.  Her creative non-fiction writing on family, food and migration has been published in Moxy, Porridge, Ghost Heart Literary Journal, American Writers Review’s Art in the Time of Covid-19 special issue as well as Hinterland magazine where she is a contributing editor.  Her work has also appeared in the anthology Who are we now? A collection of true stories about Brexit. Yin holds a Biography and Creative Non-Fiction MA from the University of East Anglia and is currently working on a book-length project about her maternal grandmother, who emigrated from China to Malaya as a mui tsai (bondmaid) in the early 20th century. Her submission for PLACE 2021, which first appeared in Hinterland Issue 2 (Summer 2019), captures the experiences of a migrant returning to her homeland, exploring the ambivalence of a life of two worlds and the search for home and belonging. Twitter @YinFLim