Mimi Lok
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Mimi Lok is an English author, editor, and educator. She is the recipient of a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award and a Ylvisaker Award for Fiction. She is also the founder of Voice of Witness, a nonprofit organization focusing on writing oral histories of marginalized communities.[1]
Her debut short story collection, Last of Her Name (Kaya Press, 2019) is the winner of the 2020 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize,[2] a 2020 finalist for The California Independent Bookseller Alliance ‘Golden Poppy’ Book Awards 2020.[3] Her work has been published in McSweeney's, Electric Literature, Nimrod, Lucky Peach, Hyphen, and the South China Morning Post.[4]
Personal life
Mimi Lok grew up in Epping, a small town outside of London.[5] She studied visual arts before enrolling in MFA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University.[6] She lives in San Francisco, California, with her husband.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "ABOUT". MIMI LOK. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection". PEN America. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Golden Poppy Awards". California Independent Booksellers Alliance. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ "Mimi Lok |". Kaya Press. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ Das, Kavita. "This Group Shares Oral Histories to Help Readers 'Better Understand the World'". NBC News Asian America. NBC Universal. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^ "Creative Writing Grad Mimi Lok is Executive Director of Voice of Witness | College of Liberal & Creative Arts". lca.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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