Who is this author?
The author currently known as Jan Lee is a digital native, who first published via Telnet in the era prior to the graphical web, and has an extensive background in corporate writing and journalism. Based in Hong Kong, Jan now focuses on science fiction, climate fiction, and political allegory. Jan is editor-in-chief of The Apostrophe, book reviewer at Earth.org, freelance contributor at Culture Magazine, freelance contributor at AmCham HK e-magazine, and occasionally Tweets, here.
Jan is a prize winner in the Green Stories Prize and the Writers of the Future contest, as well as a Pushcart Prize nominee.
Jan frequently publishes short fiction and occasional poetry in literary magazines, and has published two full-length works, Route One and Other Stories (Kindle) and Fairhaven - A Novel of Climate Optimism (Habitat Press UK : 2024).
Why so many names?
I started publishing under the name Jenny Chu (well, actually, the username jennychu2) in 1990. Much later, I started going by Jan Chu. As of 2023, I’m going by Jan Lee. I am cautiously optimistic that this one will stick. The idea behind using the name Jan Lee is that it is both ethnically ambiguous and gender ambiguous, so that no stereotypes can be formed.
What is the purpose of this site?
This site archives the published work (including podcasts and interviews) of the author currently known as Jan Lee.
