Author of three poetry books and a children's book, Fiona Tinwei Lam’s work also appears in over 40 anthologies, including Best Canadian Poetry (2010, 2017 anniversary edition, and 2020). Her work has won The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford prize and been shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award and has been thrice selected for BC’s Poetry in Transit.

She edited The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems about Facing Cancer, and has co-edited the nonfiction anthology, Double Lives, with Cathy Stonehouse and Shannon Cowan, and the nonfiction and poetry anthology, Love Me True, with Jane Silcott. Her award-winning poetry videos done in collaboration with filmmakers have screened at festivals locally and internationally.

A former lawyer, Fiona obtained an MFA in creative writing from UBC and presently teaches at SFU Continuing Studies.

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