Fiona Sze-Lorrain was born in Singapore, and grew up in a hybrid of cultures. After receiving a British education, she moved to New York and graduated from Columbia University and New York University before pursuing a Ph.D. at Paris IV-Sorbonne. A zheng (Chinese ancient zither) concertist, she has performed worldwide. Co-founder of Vif editions, an independent publishing house in Paris that specializes in world literature, and one of the editors at Cerise Press, she writes and translates in English, French and Chinese. She lives in Paris, France and New York.