Meng Jin is a Chinese-American author, born in Shanghai, China in May of 1989. She later moved to America and currently resides in San Francisco. Jin is a Kundiman Fellow, a prestigious recognition from the Kundiman organization which is dedicated to the creation and cultivation of Asian American creative writing. She holds an MFA in fiction from Hunter College, where her exceptional writing skills earned her numerous awards and fellowships.
Among her accolades are the Cohen Story Prize, a Hertog Fellowship, a David TK Wong Fellowship, and a Steinbeck Fellowship. She has also received grants from the Elizabeth George Foundation, M on the Bund Shanghai, and the Hedgebrook. Prior to her novel-writing career, Jin had several of her short fiction pieces published in literary journals such as "Zymbol," "The Masters Review," "Bound Off," and the "Baltimore Review."
Jin's literary fiction novel, "Little Gods," was published in 2020 and draws from her experiences as an Asian American author. The novel explores the common immigrant experience of family separation, both literal and metaphysical. It tells the story of a young girl who seeks connection and truth from her absent parents, a premise that is familiar in Asian American fiction. "Little Gods" has been compared to works such as "The Leavers" by Lisa Ko and "On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous" for its exploration of the complexities of family relationships and identity in the context of the immigrant experience.