Shih-Li Kow is a former chemical engineer and mall manager. Her novel The Sum of Our Follies was published in 2014 and the French edition (translated by Frederic Grellier) won the 2018 Prix du Premier Roman Etranger. Her collection Ripples and Other Stories was shortlisted for the 2009 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. Her short fiction has also been published in various journals and anthologies.

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