Jamie Marina Lau

Jamie Marina Lau is a writer, mentor, musician, and the author of the internationally acclaimed novels Gunk Baby (Astra House, 2022) and Pink Mountain on Locust Island published by Hachette, Astra Publishing House, and Coffee House Press. Her prose has been praised by the New York Times Book Review for its exquisite precision and immersive world-building.

Jamie has mentored and taught fiction and poetry around the world. In 2022, she was selected for a full scholarship position at the Iowa International Writers Program where she taught experimental fiction. She has also been an Emerging Writers Festival Ambassador and Red Room Poetry Ambassador, as well as a National Writers Conference Keynote Speaker. Most recently Jamie was the inaugural recipient of The Paragraph Fellowship and previously awarded the Melbourne Prize Readings Residency Award. Updates and more information can be found here: https://jm-lau.com/