Lloyd Lim was born and raised in Hawaii and received his BA from Columbia, JD from UCLA,and MBA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He worked as a lawyer and manager in both the public and private sector. His most recent short story collection The Glass Gift and Other Stories is a winner of the Bronze Medal (Anthologies) in the 2026 CIPA EVVY Awards and received a 5 star review on OnlineBookClub. The Glass Gift collection also received a very favorable review from The Prairies Book Review which called it "A rich, emotionally intelligent collection."