Daryl Li is a writer of literary fiction and nonfiction based in Singapore. He is the author of two collections of essays—The Inventors (Rosetta Cultures, 2023) and Tenderly, Tenderly (Atomic Bohemian, 2024)—as well as a collection of short stories—Minor Illusions (Querencia Press, 2025). He was a resident writer in the 2024 International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.