Emma Pei Yin is an Australian-Chinese writer, editor and literary advocate. Her debut novel, When Sleeping Women Wake, has been published internationally and translated into multiple languages. The novel was longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize (2025) and won the Australian Indie Book Awards in the Debut Fiction category (2026). Emma is the founder of yinfluence, an agency supporting PoC, queer and neurodivergent writers by connecting them with editors and mentors who understand the stakes of telling stories from the margins.
She is an Author Advocate for Room to Read and an Ambassador for Chapters for Change. Emma also co-hosts Served With Rice Poddy, a trans-Tasman literary and cultural podcast and visual series recorded across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand that centres conversations about books, publishing, identity and community through food-infused discussion. She is currently working on her second novel with her extremely barky dachshund, Lady, by her side.
She is an Author Advocate for Room to Read and an Ambassador for Chapters for Change. Emma also co-hosts Served With Rice Poddy, a trans-Tasman literary and cultural podcast and visual series recorded across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand that centres conversations about books, publishing, identity and community through food-infused discussion. She is currently working on her second novel with her extremely barky dachshund, Lady, by her side.
