Born on the island of Taïwan (Formosa), Mariana Lin is a writer and poet. Her writing and poetry has appeared in publications such as Prairie Schooner, Gulf Coast, RHINO, The Paris Review Daily, and New York Magazine. She is based in Paris on an artist’s visa, where she is working on a series of projects. She has given readings at expositions Vessel for Soul at Galerie Libre Est l’Art and Full Circle at EST Galerie in Paris.

Mariana is also a global expert in the art of AI character writing. She was a creative director at Apple and served as principal writer behind Siri for many years, penning its voice and overseeing its incarnation in over 30 languages and countries. Mariana has also worked on AI character development for Hanson Robotics’ Sophia, Bose, BMW and Renault. She has published articles for The Paris Review on writing for AI and given talks at TED Global Summit, UNESCO, AI for Good at the United Nations, among other conferences. She has spoken and taught on creative writing for AI at Stanford University.

She holds a BA in English Literature from Swarthmore College (with time at the Sorbonne and Sciences-Po), a JD from Berkeley Law School and an MFA in poetry from Pacific University.