Kim Thúy

Kim Thúy Ly Thanh (born 1968) is a Vietnamese-born Canadian writer. At the age of 10 she left Vietnam along with a wave of refugees commonly referred to in the media as the "boat people" and settled with her family in Quebec, Canada. As an author she has received many awards, including a Governor General’s Award in 2010, and was one of the top 4 finalists of the Right Livelihood Award in 2018. Her books have sold more than 850,000 copies around the world across 43 countries and have been translated into 31 languages. Thúy lives in Montreal.