Anelise Chen is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She was named "5 under 35" by the National Book Foundation in 2019. Her first novel, So Many Olympic Exertions, was published in 2017 by Kaya Press and was named one of the best books of the year by Brooklyn Rail. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley (B.A. English) and New York University (MFA Fiction). Her essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, National Public Radio, BOMB Magazine, The New Republic, Vice, and The Village Voice. She writes a column on mollusks for Paris Review.