Free text:
{{AAType |Image=Lee nancy.jpg |Type=Person |Arts=Academic and Education, Academia/Research, Arts, Literature |import ref=ImportFromWikipedia }} '''Nancy Lee''' is a British-born [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canadian] short story writer and novelist. Born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff Cardiff], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales Wales] to parents of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China Chinese] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]n descent, she moved with her family to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia British Columbia] in childhood.<ref>[http://www.ryerson.ca/library/events/asian_heritage/lee_nancy.html "Asian Heritage in Canada: Nancy Lee"], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryerson_University Ryerson University].</ref> She published her first book of short stories, ''Dead Girls'', in 2003. That book was named book of the year by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOW_(magazine) NOW]'', and was a finalist for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Wilson_Fiction_Prize Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danuta_Gleed_Literary_Award Danuta Gleed Literary Award]. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia University of British Columbia], currently teaches in the writing and publishing program at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University Simon Fraser University] and in the creative writing department at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia University of British Columbia], and has held a visiting professorship at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_East_Anglia University of East Anglia]. She was a panelist in the 2003 edition of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Reads Canada Reads]'', defending [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Martel Yann Martel]'s novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Pi Life of Pi]''. In the spring of 2010 she was writer-in-residence at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Joy_Kogawa_House Historic Joy Kogawa House], the writing program that takes place in the childhood home of the author [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Kogawa Joy Kogawa] (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obasan Obasan]''). She is reported to be working on her first novel. {{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy Lee (writer)}}
Save page Show preview Show changes Cancel