Han Smith Follow

Han Smith grew up in Japan, Russia and elsewhere. A queer writer, translator and adult literacy teacher, Han is the recipient of a 2019/2020 London Writers Award, was shortlisted for the 2019 Mslexia Novella Award, the Bridport Prize and the Desperate Literature short story prize, and was longlisted for the Brick Lane short story prize. She has also been published by Five Dials, Cipher Press, Hotel, Versopolis, LossLit, Litro, The Interpreter's House and the European Poetry Festival. She lives in London. Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking is her debut novel.