Kim Fu
Kim Fu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Occupation | novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Period | 2010s-present |
| Notable works | For Today I Am a Boy |
Kim Fu (born 1987) is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel For Today I Am a Boy was published in 2014.[1] The book won the Edmund White Award for debut novels from Publishing Triangle,[2] and was a shortlisted nominee for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award[3] and the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction.[4]
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia to immigrant parents from Hong Kong,[1] Fu studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia.[1]
Fu has also published poetry, essays and long-form journalism in literary magazines and anthologies.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Gender a 'universal' tale; Author explores struggles of transgender character in first novel". Vancouver Sun, January 18, 2014.
- ^ "Triangle Award Winners Revealed". Adweek, April 27, 2015.
- ^ "Four prizes awarded at PEN New England’s annual ceremony". Boston Globe, April 20, 2015.
- ^ "Seventeen Canadian authors nominated for Lambda Literary Awards". Quill & Quire, March 4, 2015.
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