Jen Sookfong Lee (born July 22, 1976) is a Chinese Canadian broadcaster and novelist. A radio personality for

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, she contributes a regular literary segment called "Westcoast Words" to ''On the Coast'' and ''All Points West'', the network's

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in Vancouver and

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, and is also a regular contributor to the national network program '' The Next Chapter''."On Writing, with Jen Sookfong Lee"
. ''Open Book Toronto'', June 1, 2011. In the CBC's national ''

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'' competition in 2009, she defended Brian Francis's novel ''Fruit''. Her published works include the novels ''The End of East'' (2007) and ''The Better Mother'' (2011), the young adult novel ''Shelter'' (2011), the non-fiction book ''Gentlemen of the Shade'' (2017),Intro for August 18, 2017
" ''Lainey Gossip''. Retrieved on 30 November 2017 and the short story "Chill, Hush" in the anthology ''TOK: Writing the New City'' (2009). She has also co-edited the anthology ''Whatever Gets You Through: Twelve Women on Life After Sexual Assault''. In 2016, the novel "The Conjoined" was published, which was nominated for the

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, established in 1985 as one of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, is awarded annually to the best work of fiction by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. The award is named after novelist and short story A short ...

. Born and raised in

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, she and her son now live in North Burnaby. She served on the jury for the 2011

Dayne Ogilvie Prize The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community. Origina ...

, a literary award for emerging LGBT writers in Canada, selecting Farzana Doctor as that year's winner."Farzana Doctor to receive Dayne Ogilvie Grant"
. ''

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'', June 1, 2011.

Bibliography

* The End of East (Knopf Canada, 2007) * The Better Mother (Knopf Canada, 2011) * The Conjoined (ECW Press, 2016) * Finding Home: The Journey of Immigrants and Refugees (Orca Book Publishers, 2021) * The Shadow List (Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd, 2021) * Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart (McClelland & Stewart, 2023)

References

External links

Jen Sookfong LeeRandom House Page for Jen Sookfong Lee
Living people Canadian writers of Asian descent 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women novelists Canadian radio personalities Canadian people of Chinese descent Novelists from Vancouver Canadian women radio hosts Canadian women short story writers 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers 1976 births {{Canada-writer-stub