Meng Jin

Meng Jin (born 1989) is an American novelist.

Life She graduated with a BA from Harvard University in 2011, and from Hunter College's MFA program in 2015. While at Hunter, she was a Hertog Fellow. Continuing to teach literature and creative writing at Hunter, and has also received support from the Elizabeth George Foundation.

Her writing has appeared in Baltimore Review, Ploughshares, The Arkansas International, The Threepenny Review, Vogue, Bare Life Review, and The Masters Review; as well as anthologies such as The Best American Short Stories and Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses.

She became the 2016-17 David T. K. Wong Fellow, Self-Portrait With Ghost (2022)

Short stories and editorials DateWorkMagazineRefJanuary 2014"Ratios and Differences"Bound Off Short Story Podcast #96 Summer 2014""Baltimore Review Winter 2015-16""Ploughshares (Vol 41, No 4) Spring 2018""The Arkansas International Fall 2019""The Threepenny Review (Fall 2019) The Best American Short Stories 2020 (2020)Pushcart Prize XLV: Best of the Small Press (2021)January 13, 2020""Vogue April 10, 2020""Vogue