Yu is a filmmaker and writer. Her documentaries include the Academy Award-winning "Breathing Lessons,"
the water crisis film "Last Call at the Oasis," and "In the Realms of the Unreal," a portrait of artist Henry
Darger, nominated for a Writers Guild of America award. Her directing work includes "American Crime," "13
Reasons Why," "The West Wing," and Maria Bamford's Netflix special, "Old Baby." "Garden of the Lost and
Abandoned" is Yu's first book.