Lindsay Wong
Lindsay Wong in 2022
Lindsay Wong in 2022
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipCanadian
Years active2018–present
Notable worksThe Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family
Notable awardsHubert Evans Non-Fiction
2019
Website
lindsaywongwriter.com

Lindsay Wong is a Canadian writer, whose memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family was published in 2018.[1] The book, a humorous memoir about her Chinese Canadian family's history of mental illness,[2] won the 2019 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize[3] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[4]

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia,[5] Wong wrote the book while pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University in New York City.[1][6]

The Woo-Woo was selected for the 2019 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by Joe Zee,[7] and was longlisted for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.[8]

Wong's latest book, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality: Stories, came out in 2023 to great acclaim.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lindsay Wong uses humour to examine her family’s history of mental illness and supernatural beliefs". Toronto Star, October 6, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Why Lindsay Wong wrote a memoir about her family's mental health struggles". CBC Books, January 31, 2019.
  3. ↑ Janis Cleugh, "National praise for The Woo-Woo". The Tri-City News, May 17, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Elizabeth Hay, Terese Marie Mailhot, Lindsay Wong among Weston Prize finalists". Quill & Quire, September 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ "The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family". Quill & Quire, October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Read an excerpt from The Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2019-01-31. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10.
  7. ↑ "Chuck Comeau, Joe Zee, Lisa Ray take on Canada Reads battle of the books". CityNews, January 31, 2019.
  8. ↑ Jane van Koeverden, "Eden Robinson, Rick Mercer & Lindsay Wong longlisted for 2019 Leacock Medal for humour". CBC Books, April 23, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Review | Canadian writer Lindsay Wong's book 'Tell me Pleasant Things About Immortality' features ghosts, demons and the mysterious Deathlily". thestar.com. 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-24.


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