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Nancy Lee

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Nancy Lee

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1970 (Cardiff, Wales)
Nationality
Canadian
Languages
English
Residence History
Cardiff, Wales (birth) → Vancouver, British Columbia (moved in childhood)

Career

Occupations
short story writer, novelist
Active Years
2003-2024
Affiliations
University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of East Anglia

Education

University of British Columbia
creative writing department
Degree: MFA
Country: Canada

Awards

NOW Book of the Year
2003
Work: Dead Girls
Organization: NOW
Result: winner
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
2003
Work: Dead Girls
Result: finalist
Danuta Gleed Literary Award
2003
Work: Dead Girls
Result: finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dead Girls

2003 short story collection

A book of short stories.

The Age

2014 novel

Debut novel about the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Bibliography

  • Dead Girls (2003)
  • The Age (2014)

Legacy

Welsh-born Canadian writer of Chinese and Indian descent.

Trivia

  • Parents of Chinese and Indian descent.
  • Defended Yann Martel's Life of Pi on Canada Reads 2003.