Lydia Kwa

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Lydia Kwa (born 1959 in Singapore)[1] is a Canadian writer and psychologist.

First coming to Canada in 1980,[1] Kwa studied psychology at the University of Toronto and Queen's University.[1] She published one short story and a volume of poetry in the 1990s,[2] but has concentrated primarily on novels since. In addition to her writing, she continues to practice as a clinical therapist in Vancouver.[1] She was a nominee for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2000 and the Lambda Literary Award (Lesbian Fiction category) for This Place Called Absence, and for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2006 for The Walking Boy.[1]

She is an out lesbian.[3][4]

Works

  • The Colour of Heroines (1994, poetry)
  • This Place Called Absence (2000, novel)
  • The Walking Boy (2005, novel)
  • Pulse (2010, novel)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lydia Kwa at Ryerson University Library's Asian Heritage in Canada database.
  2. ↑ Guiyou Huang and Emmanuel Sampath Nelson, eds. Asian-American Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0313318093.
  3. ↑ "Ancient China Gives Up Its Secrets". Vancouver Sun, October 1, 2005.
  4. ↑ W. H. New, Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada (chapter "Gay and Lesbian Writing", pp. 418-422). University of Toronto Press, 2002. ISBN 0802007619.

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