Ling Ma 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.
Awards: NBCC (2022) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
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Sky Daddy (2025)
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Same Bed Different Dreams (2023)
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