Kit Fan is a poet, novelist and critic. He was born and educated in Hong Kong and now lives in the UK. His third poetry collection The Ink Cloud Reader (2023) was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize. His first novel is Diamond Hill (2021). He is a frequent contributor to publications including the Guardian and The Times Literary Supplement. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Vice-Chair of Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), and Co-Chair of Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA). His second novel Goodbye Chinatown is forthcoming in June 2026.