Hello! I'm Irene, and some people think I'm good at writing. If you agree, you should hire me! I write about female rage, unruly women, and the many facets of the immigrant experience. I've been writing screenplays since I was just a wee teenager dreaming of showrunning the next Battlestar Galactica. Last year, I started writing (and publishing!) short fiction. I'm also revising my first novel, about a Chinese woman in 1880s Northern California who escapes sex trafficking and seeks revenge on her abusers. For a peek at my writing, see my "selected work" page.

I work as a tutor and script consultant in Los Angeles. Ask me about the five languages I speak, mushroom foraging, whiskey, and the time I lived with a circus in Casablanca.

Please enjoy this picture of me as an unruly female immigrant child.

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