Lindsay
Wong
Lindsay Wong holds a BFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and an MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in No Tokens, The Fiddlehead, Ricepaper, and Apogee Journal. Wong is the recipient of fellowships from The Studios of Key West, Caldera Arts, and the Historic Joy Kogawa House. She lives in Vancouver.
Award History
2018 Finalist
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfictionfor The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family
Jury Citation
"CanLit is brimming with immigrant stories, but we’ve never had anything quite like Lindsay Wong’s The Woo-Woo. This madcap memoir follows Wong as she comes of age amidst her foul-mouthed, upwardly mobile Asian Canadian family. Although the household is riddled with mental illness, her mother blames their domestic chaos on a bevy of Chinese ghosts. Hilarious anecdotes and slapstick comedy make bearable a shattering account of childhood neglect, emotional abuse, and social ostracism. Wong navigates treacherous emotional waters with such masterful literary skill we are barely aware of the moment our laughter turns to tears."
— 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Jury (Michael Harris, Donna Bailey Nurse, and Joel Yanofsky)
