About me
Yi Shun Lai is the author of A Suffragist’s Guide to the Antarctic, a young adult historical adventure. Her writing has appeared in Brevity, Shondaland, and more; and she teaches in the MFA program at Bay Path University and at Claremont McKenna College. She is also the author of a women’s contemporary novel, Not a Self-Help Book; The Misadventures of Marty Wu; and a memoir, Pin Ups, about her long, ragged relationship with outdoors sports.
She conceived of and wrote three columns for The Writer magazine: an advice column; a column on life as a writer and editor that also served to educate writers on craft; and a column on reading more diversely.
She lives in Southern California. You can find her on the web at sayyeeshun.com