It’s been slow going, but I’m hopeful to share this story with you all in due time. I am currently working on my first novel. I haven’t written too many lately, but I pop up every now and then if I think a story needs telling. I’ve also written over a hundred fics for more than thirty fandoms. I will be a Speculative Guest Lecturer at Antioch MFA’s 2022 December Residency. In 2022 I was a visiting writer at Eastern Washington University’s MFA Program. I am stoked to be able to share this book with you all, and would be deeply grateful if you got a copy. It has won the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection, and been a finalist for the Crawford, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Awards. Kwon, and was called “captivating…ambiguous, dark, and vivid” by Buzzfeed. It received a starred review from Booklist, was included in Electric Lit’s list of 43 Books by Women of Color to Read in 2021 curated by R.O. My debut short story collection, Never Have I Ever, is available now from Small Beer Press. In 2021, I was a fellow for poetry at the Tin House Summer Workshop, and received a residency to the KHN Center for the Arts. My work has appeared in venues including Tor.com, Lightspeed, Strange Horizons, Interfictions Online, and Uncanny Magazine. My stories have been nominated for the Locus Award, long-listed for the Hugo Awards and BSFA, and published in anthologies including The Year’s Best Weird Fiction and The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. I like to write all kinds of things, especially short fiction and poetry. I once almost slid off the muddy face of Mt. I’ve also lived in London for a year, studied abroad in Tokyo, and braved two Boston winters. Since leaving the Philippines, I’ve spent most of my time in the California Bay Area. I enjoy building customer-centric, beautifully-designed products with great teams. My professional experience includes work in mobile and web apps, early-stage startups, marketplaces, and e-commerce.

In 2020 I received an MBA from Harvard Business School. I work full-time as a product manager in the tech industry. I've been serving on the board of the Clarion Foundation since 2016. That same year, I attended the Clarion Writers Workshop in San Diego. At SCU I was awarded the Tamara Verga Academy of American Poets Prize. I moved to the US in 2010, and in 2013 I graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Marketing and minors in Japanese Studies and English.

I was a poetry fellow at the 14th Ateneo-Heights Writers Workshop and the 10th UST National Writers Workshop.

I attended Ateneo de Manila University from 2008-2010, where I served as English Editor for the Heights Literary folio my sophomore year. I was born in Manila, Philippines, and grew up in Quezon City.

Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap