Thea Lim is a Singaporean Canadian writer, whose debut novel '' An Ocean of Minutes'' was named as a shortlisted finalist for the 2018

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. Born in Canada and raised mostly in Singapore, Lim has an MFA in creative writing from the

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."Thea Lim's book An Ocean of Minutes, draws on the best of old and new CanLit"
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'', June 29, 2018. She published the novella ''The Same Woman'' in 2007, and ''An Ocean of Minutes'' followed in 2018. She taught in the

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's Writing and Rhetoric Program, before joining the faculty of Sheridan College's Creative Writing & Publishing program.

Bibliography

*''The Same Woman'' (2007) *'' An Ocean of Minutes'' (2018)

References

21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Singaporean women writers 21st-century Singaporean writers Canadian women novelists Singaporean novelists Singaporean women novelists Singaporean emigrants to Canada University of Houston alumni Writers from Toronto Living people Canadian writers of Asian descent 1981 births {{Canada-writer-stub