Cathy Linh Che is a Vietnamese American poet from Los Angeles. Her work has received significant recognition within the literary community, including major awards and nominations from prestigious institutions. Che's debut poetry collection Split earned multiple honors, including the Kundiman Poetry Prize, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies. Her subsequent collection Becoming Ghost was selected as a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry, one of the most prestigious literary honors in the United States.