Born in 1994 in Taipei, author Liu Ting-Yu holds degrees in literature, art management and cultural policy, and multi-disciplinary literary creation from National Taiwan Normal University, National Taiwan University of Arts, and Taipei National University of the Arts. A member of the Taipei Recorder Orchestra for over twenty years, she has extensive performance experience domestically and abroad. She has won numerous literary awards, and has published a collection of essays, The Post-Girl Era.