Jeremy Tiang won the Singapore Literature Prize for his novel State of Emergency, and was shortlisted for the same prize for his short story collection It Never Rains on National Day. He has translated over 30 books from Chinese, including Zhang Yueran’s Cocoon, which won the Singapore Literature Prize. He also writes and translates plays—most recently Salesman之死, which was staged at New York’s Connelly Theater, and received an Obie Award. Originally from Singapore, he lives in New York City.