Cleo Qian is a queer fiction writer and poet. She is the author of the award-winning story collection LET’S GO LET’S GO LET’S GO (Tin House, 2023). 

Her fiction, poetry, and essays have appeared in thirty outlets including American Poetry Review, ZYZZYVA, The Sun, The Massachusetts Review, and the Guardian. She has received fellowships from Hawthornden Foundation, Hedgebrook, MacDowell, The University of Notre Dame, and Casa Snowapple. She was a 2024 National Poetry Series finalist.

She has taught creative writing at the University of Southern Maine Stonecoast MFA program, the Tin House Summer Workshop, and at Oberlin College.