Jamie Liu is a writer, climate resilience planner, climate activism volunteer and alumna of the UCLA Environmental Science undergraduate program (’18).
Liu recently received the first-place prize in the 2024 Grist climate fiction initiative, Imagine 2200. This initiative invites writers worldwide to envision the next 180 years of climate progress, featuring stories of innovative climate solutions and community-centered adaptations. In 2024, the contest received 1,050 submissions.
Liu’s winning story, To Labor for the Hive is about how a beekeeper finds a new sense of purpose, community, and love after helping to develop a warning system for floods.
Liu was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley, California and currently lives in New York City.