Maureen Tai is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian writer who has published creative works in literary magazines such as Cha, Mekong Review, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Kyoto Journal and Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, as well as in local and international anthologies. Primarily writing for children and teens, she has published short stories for children with Oxford University Press and Marshall Cavendish (Asia). In 2022, she won the WriteMentor Children’s Books Award (Picture Book category) and received honorable mention in the Ann Whitford Paul-Writer’s Digest Most Promising Picture Book Manuscript for fiction. Maureen’s work and book reviews can be found at www.maureentai.com. She counts her time as the Program Director of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in 2023 as a highlight of her literary career to date. She is active on X (formerly Twitter) @MaureenTai.
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