**Jeremy Tiang **won the Singapore Literature Prize for his

**Jeremy Tiang **won the Singapore Literature Prize for his

novel* State of Emergency *, and was shortlisted for the same prize for his

short story collection It Never Rains on National Day. He has translated

over thirty books from Chinese, including Zhang Yueran's Cocoon for

World Editions, which won the Singapore Literature Prize. He also writes and

translates plays -- most recently * Salesman之死*, which was staged

at New York's Connelly Theater and received an Obie Award. Originally from

Singapore, he now lives in New York City.