Mai Le Dinh

Mai spent her early childhood in Vietnam and remains fascinated by Indochinese history and culture. In 2021, she was chosen for the Cornerstone’s Elevate Programme, and in 2020 was runner-up in the MsLexia Short Story Competition (MEE GORENG), short-listed for the Penguin Random House WriteNow Programme and long-listed for the BBC Drama Submission Window.

She was recently shortlisted for the 2022 Joffe Books Prize for her novel-in-progress, THE SMILING MANDARIN.