Aaron Lee Soon Yong (born June 7, 1972) is a Singaporean prize-winning poet who writes in English.
[1] Aaron began writing poetry during his days at Raffles Institution, a secondary school in Singapore where he befriended other students who would also eventually go on to become published Singaporean writers.
By 1990, he had, along with other ex-school mates, Jonathan Kuan Wei Han, Tong Jo Tze, Alvin Pang and Jeffrey Lim, interested a Singapore publisher, VJ Times, in the publication of an anthology of poems contributed by the five writers.
He is active in the literary scene in mentoring young poets and conducting school workshops and seminars on creative writing.
Coastlands documents his life experience as a pilgrim still finding his place in the wider world.