Hormi Chen is the author of the novel Lake Bone, the novella Family in Water, and co-author of 100 Keywords in Literature.

Hormi has received the China Times Literary Award, Taipei Literature Award, Jianzhen Environmental Literature Award, New Taipei City Literature Award, Zhong Zhao Zheng Literature Award, and Tainan Literature Award, as well as creative grants from the National Culture and Arts Foundation and Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture. As a graduate of the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, his interests include public works engineering and the local history of Penghu.

We are grateful to Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture for their continued support of this residency.