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'''Pik-Shuen Fung''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] writer, whose debut novel ''Ghost Forest'' was the winner of the [[Amazon.ca First Novel Award]] in 2022.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/06/01/pik-shuen-fungs-ghost-forest-wins-amazon-canada-first-novel-award.html "Pik-Shuen Fung’s ‘Ghost Forest’ wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', June 1, 2022.</ref> |
'''Pik-Shuen Fung''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] writer, whose debut novel ''Ghost Forest'' was the winner of the [[Amazon.ca First Novel Award]] in 2022.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/06/01/pik-shuen-fungs-ghost-forest-wins-amazon-canada-first-novel-award.html "Pik-Shuen Fung’s ‘Ghost Forest’ wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', June 1, 2022.</ref> |
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Pik-Shuen Fung is a Canadian writer, whose debut novel Ghost Forest was the winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award in 2022.[1]
Born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, she currently lives in New York City.[2]
Based in part on her own childhood, the novel centers on a Hong Kong immigrant family in Canada, whose family life is marked by the protagonist's father remaining in Hong Kong as an "astronaut father".[3] Published by Strange Light in July 2021, it was named by CBC Books as one of the best Canadian novels of 2021.[4]
References
- ^ "Pik-Shuen Fung’s ‘Ghost Forest’ wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award". Toronto Star, June 1, 2022.
- ^ "Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award". CBC Books, June 1, 2022.
- ^ Michelle Cyca, "Elegant elegy for an astronaut father; Universality of grief shines through in moving debut novel about a Chinese-Canadian family". The Province, July 18, 2021.
- ^ "The best Canadian fiction of 2021". CBC Books, December 7, 2021.
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