Born on the island of Taïwan, Mariana Lin is a poet and writer, whose work has appeared in publications such as Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, RHINO, New York Magazine, and The Paris Review. She has read at expositions such as Vessel for Soul at Galerie Libre Est l’Art and Full Circle at EST Galerie in Paris. She was a former creative director at Apple, in global marketing and then as the principal writer behind Siri. Mariana also developed AI characters for Hanson Robotics’ Sophia, Bose, BMW and Renault. She has given talks on AI, language and creativity at TED Global Summit, UNESCO, and has taught at Stanford d. School and University of Zurich.
She holds a BA in English Literature from Swarthmore College, a JD from Berkeley Law School, and an MFA in poetry from Pacific University. Mariana is the loving and proud mother to a son with 18th chromosome disorder. She currently works in Paris on an artist’s visa.