Emma Pei Yin

Author of Historical Fiction

based in ACT

Emma is a British-born Hong Kong-Chinese writer and editor. She contributes to Mekong Review, The Hong Kong Review, Being Asian Australian, HerCanberra, Aniko Press and Books + Publishing.

In 2023, Book People and Penguin Random House Australia nominated her as Bookseller of the Year. That same year, her manuscript, Chasing Echoes in the Rain, was shortlisted for the Allen & Unwin Voices from the Intersection Mentorship Programme.

Her debut novel, When Sleeping Women Wake, will be published in 2025 globally.

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