Tayler Raven Hanxi Bunge was born in China and raised in Arvada, Colorado.

Her writing is often about adoption, excavation, and the body. Published work can be found in McSweeney’s, Isele Magazine, Barrelhouse, Mochi Mag, Vagabond City Lit, Ghost City Review, and elsewhere. Her short story “Glowworm” was selected for publication in the Best of Isele Anthology. She received the Francis J. Malecek, S.J. Award for excellence in philosophy. She is an Assistant Fiction Editor at The Offing.

She has made homes in Denver, Nashville, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and now Charlottesville, where she is a current MFA Candidate in Fiction at the University of Virginia.

She also works as an advertising and communications consultant, and in past lives was a taco server, daycare assistant, Uber driver, and church pianist.