Lian Low (she/they) is a Kuala Lumpur born writer of Peranakan- Chinese-Malaysian heritage, currently based in Footscray on the unceded lands of the Kulin Nation. Lian has work published in Growing Up Asian in Australia, Kill Your Darlings, The Lifted Brow, a story podcasted on Queerstories and was a previous editor of Peril. They created site-specific spoken word pieces for the Melaka Art and Performance Festival, Malaysia from 2013-2015. Lian has been a recipient of a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship and of their inaugural Next Chapter scheme to work on a young adult speculative fiction novel that is a paranormal romantic twist on a migrant coming-of-age story that traverses Footscray, Melbourne and Malaysia.
