‘I really hated my job’: Author Jade Song talks advertising and burnt offerings to the dead

SINGAPORE – New York-based author Jade Song’s sophomore novel, I Love You Don’t Die, draws from her seven years in advertising for its depressed advertising copywriter protagonist Vicky.

But asked how accurate it was with regard to her stint as art director, the 29-year-old demurs, saying she departed the industry quite a few years back.