Editors of Color Database

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Bio: Yilin Wang is a writer, editor, and Chinese-English translator who lives on unceded Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish territories (Vancouver, Canada). Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Clarkesworld, The Malahat Review, Grain, CV2, Room, carte blanche, The Tyee, The Toronto Star, Business Insider, Abyss & Apex, and elsewhere, while her translation work has appeared in Pathlight: New Chinese Writing and Samovar. Her writing has been shortlisted for awards such as The University of East Anglia's David T.K. Wong Fellowship. She is an assistant editor for Room Magazine and has served on the editorial board of Prism International. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC and is a member of the Clarion West Writers Workshop 2020/2021.

Areas of Expertise: Diversity, Feminism, Education, Folklore/Mythology, Food, Geography, History, Inclusive Language, Language/Linguistics, LGBTQ+, Lifestyle, Literature/Books, Marginalized Communities, Nonprofit Organizations, Social Sciences, Society/Culture, Travel, Writing

Nonfiction Genres: Academic/Scholarly, Children’s & Young Adult Books, Commentary/Criticism, Creative Nonfiction (Literary), Diaries/Journals/Letters, Historical, Memoir, Poetry

Fiction Genres: Children’s & Young Adult Books, Fantasy, Historical, Mythology, Science Fiction

Editorial and Adjacent Services: Beta Reading, Coaching (Writing), Copyediting, Developmental Editing, Fact Checking, Interviews, Line Editing, Manuscript Evaluation, Proofreading, Research, Sensitivity Reading, Social Media Marketing, Translating, Writing

Types of Media: Advertisements, Anthologies, Articles/Blogs, Biographies/Memoirs, Books, Brochures/Catalogs, Comic Books, Essays, Journals, Magazines, Newsletters, Newspapers, Novels, Poetry, Resumes, Reviews, Short Stories, Video Games, Websites