Maureen Tai is an award-winning Malaysian writer with creative works in Cha, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Kyoto Journal, Baltimore Review, Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, Every Day Fiction, Does It Have Pockets, Porch Lit Magazine and the Hooghly Review, among others. Primarily writing for children and teens, she has published short stories for children with Oxford University Press and Marshall Cavendish (Asia). Her time as the Program Director of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in 2023 is the highlight of her literary career to date.