Amanda Lee Koe

Amanda Lee Koe
Koe in New York, 2019
Born1987 or 1988 (age 36–37)
Singapore
Alma materColumbia University
Occupation
  • Writer
Chinese name
Chinese婉婷
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Wǎntíng
Teochew Peng'imLi2 Uêng2deng5

Amanda Lee Koe (born c.1988) is a Singapore-born, New York-based novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her debut novel, Delayed Rays of a Star (2019), which was named one of NPR's Best Books of 2019, and for being the youngest winner of the Singapore Literature Prize. Her fiction writing is known for its evocative, grounded style covering topics related to capitalism, sexuality, ethnicity, and contemporariness.