Author of the acclaimed story collection, Talking in the Dark,
a Barnes & Noble Discover book, and recipient of the
Katherine Anne Porter Prize for short fiction, Louis has had
work included in Best American Short Stories. Her essay,
“Blissfully Unaware of Threat: On Reading Bernstein’s
Chichester Psalms,” published by Michigan Quarterly
Review, was long listed for the Notting Hill Editions Essay
Prize, 2015. Born in Macao, she graduated from the
University of California at Berkeley, and lives on the West
Coast.