Author
Yiming Ma
1 standalone · 1 work in the catalog
b. 1989 · Shanghai, China
Yiming Ma is a Chinese Canadian author whose debut novel, These Memories Do Not Belong to Us (2025, Mariner Books), imagines a world where memories can be recorded, sold, and transferred, and follows a citizen confronting how authoritarian control breeds self-censorship. Ma, an immigrant who began writing the novel in early 2020, has cited Olga Tokarczuk's Flights and Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go as influences. The book was longlisted for a Goodreads Choice Award in science fiction, named a best book of 2025 by PEN America, Electric Literature, Debutiful, and Booklist, and chosen as a Spotify Editors' Pick.
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