Lucy Tan author biography, plus links to books by Lucy Tan.

Lucy Tan

Lucy Tan is the author of What We Were Promised, which was a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick, longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and named a best book of the year by The Washington Post. Tan holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was winner of the August Derleth Prize. A recipient of support from Kundiman and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, Tan has published in journals such as American Short Fiction, McSweeney's, and Ploughshares. She currently lives and writes in Seattle, where she is also a bookseller at Secret Garden Books.

This biography was last updated on 11/17/2026.

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