Born in 1996, Chen holds a bachelor’s in Sinophone Literature and master’s in Creative Writing from National Dong Hwa University. With the exception of three years during junior high school, Chen played league baseball from elementary school through university, with his eyes set on going pro. Since abandoning his dreams of a career in baseball, he has refocused his passions on writing. The Shattered Slugger and Other Stories is his first short story collection.