Esmé Weijun Wang

Esmé Weijun Wang (born c. 1982) is an American writer of Taiwanese descent, born in the Midwest. She is the author of the novel The Border of Paradise (2016) and the New York Times bestselling essay collection The Collected Schizophrenias (2019), which explores her experiences with schizoaffective disorder and won the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize and Whiting Award. Named one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists, she lives in San Francisco and founded The Unexpected Shape Writing Academy. Author's site, Whiting Foundation