Lela Lee

Lela Lee is a writer working from a distinct vantage point: Asian American, female, shaped by the push and pull of diaspora — where two cultures collide, and where tragedy and comedy often turn out to be the same story told from different angles.

Her writing moves across memoir, television, and film, always returning to that same tension — the things families don't say out loud, the humor that survives hardship, and the particular weight of being caught between generations, cultures, and expectations. She's currently developing a dramedy pilot and a feature project alongside her memoir work, and continues to build the Angry Little Girls universe, featuring the Angry Little Asian Girl — the original character, created thirty years ago, that inspired the entire comic strip brand.

Lela writes the way she's always worked: unflinching, funny when it counts, and honest about the parts of the story most people leave out.

Books forthcoming.