May-Lan Tan is a British Chinese writer based in Berlin. She studied fine art at Goldsmiths and works as a ghostwriter. Her stories have appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, the Atlas Review, the Reader, and Areté, and her collection Things to Make and Break was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Recent projects include illustration, electronica, and durational performance art. She’s writing a story collection and a novel.