O U B A T Writing may be the only pursuit that M. Paramita Lin (Chinese name: 林烁) hasn't accidentally stumbled into.
In between hanging out with triad members and living in a succession of haunted flats in Hong Kong, she's also been a paid companion to the third wife of a tycoon, toured the world with musicians, and apprenticed as a goldsmith in Italy.
She writes strange adventures full of bad decisions and plenty of fun.
Read more about her here.
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