Mike Fu

Bio

Mike Fu, a Chinese American writer, editor, and translator based in Tokyo, was born in Hubei, China and raised in the United States. He received his PhD in Japan in cultural studies from Waseda University in 2024. He writes and edits for The Japan Times. His academic and creative interests converge in the domain of storytelling. He has lived and studied in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Suzhou, and Tokyo. His past teaching experience includes undergraduate courses in creative writing, academic writing, and Chinese cinema and literature. He is an affiliate faculty in MFA Creative Writing at Antioch University Los Angeles and formerly a lecturer in Asian Studies at Temple University’s Japan Campus. His debut novel, Masquerade, is out now from Tin House.