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Jane Pek

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Hi! I was born and grew up in Singapore, and now live in New York. I have a BA in history from Yale University, a JD from the New York University School of Law, and a fiction MFA from Brooklyn College.

My short fiction has appeared twice in The Best American Short Stories. My debut novel, The Verifiers, was published in 2022. My second novel, The Rivals, is forthcoming from Vintage in December 2024.

During the day, and sometimes night, I work as a lawyer at a global investment company.

Some of the things I’m into: picking up different martial arts (to date: taekwondo, capoeira, and Krav Maga), reading coming-of-age novels, watching contemporary theatre, and cycling around the city in search of superlative almond croissants.

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“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't yet understand.”
Jane Pek, The Verifiers

“Her expression turns inward: I can see her assessing the situation, considering potential options. I find myself wishing I could pull her aura of competence over me like a blanket and take a nap.”
Jane Pek, The Rivals

“December is one of my favorite months for cycling in New York because all the fair-weather cyclists have gone into hibernation, we aren’t in nor’easter season yet, and the cold is bracing without being debilitating. I bike up to the Botanical Garden in the Bronx one day, down to Coney Island the next.”
Jane Pek, The Verifiers

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