Born in Shanghai, raised in London, Dr. Anya Zhao spent her childhood between the 2 worlds, learning early that memory is not a record of what happened, but a story we tell ourselves to survive.

A former clinical researcher and music therapist, she now crafts fiction about intergenerational secrets, artificial minds, and the ghosts that live in code.

She lives in London, where she continues to write, to play, and to believe that the stories we carry are never ours alone.