Lio Min

Lio Min is a writer based in Oakland, California, who writes about music, identity, and grief, especially around queer youth culture and Asian America. Their debut YA novel, Beating Heart Baby, was named a best YA book of 2022 by several outlets. They were a MacDowell Fellow in Literature in 2023, where they worked on a second YA novel, The L.O.V.E. Club. Their short story 'In the Morning, I Hear Singing...' appeared in Exposition Review's 'Lines' issue (Vol. VIII).