Jen Sookfong Lee is a Chinese Canadian broadcaster and novelist. A radio personality for

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, she contributes a regular literary segment called "Westcoast Words" to ''On the Coast'' and ''All Points West'', the network's

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in Vancouver and

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, and is also a regular contributor to the national network program '' The Next Chapter''."On Writing, with Jen Sookfong Lee"
. ''Open Book Toronto'', June 1, 2011. In the CBC's national ''

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'' competition in 2009, she defended Brian Francis's novel ''Fruit''. Her published works include the novels ''The End of East'' (2007) and ''The Better Mother'' (2011), the young adult novel ''Shelter'' (2011), the non-fiction book ''Gentlemen of the Shade'' (2017),Intro for August 18, 2017
" ''Lainey Gossip''. Retrieved on 30 November 2017 and the short story "Chill, Hush" in the anthology ''TOK: Writing the New City'' (2009). Born and raised in

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, she and her son now live in

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. She served on the jury for the 2011

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, a literary award for emerging LGBT writers in Canada, selecting

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as that year's winner."Farzana Doctor to receive Dayne Ogilvie Grant"
. ''

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'', June 1, 2011.

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External links

Jen Sookfong LeeRandom House Page for Jen Sookfong Lee
Living people Canadian writers of Asian descent 21st-century Canadian novelists Canadian women novelists Canadian radio personalities Canadian people of Chinese descent Writers from Vancouver Canadian women radio presenters Canadian women short story writers 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian short story writers 1976 births {{Canada-writer-stub