Thea Lim

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Thea Lim
Born1981 (age 4344)
Toronto, Ontario
OccupationWriter
NationalityCanadian/British
Period2007present
Notable works An Ocean of Minutes
Website
thealim.org

Thea Lim is a Singaporean Canadian writer, [1] whose debut novel An Ocean of Minutes was named as a shortlisted finalist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize. [2]

Born in Canada and raised mostly in Singapore, [3] Lim has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston. [4] She published the novella The Same Woman in 2007, [4] and An Ocean of Minutes followed in 2018. [5] She taught in the University of Toronto's Writing and Rhetoric Program, before joining the faculty of Sheridan College's Creative Writing & Publishing program. [6]

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References

  1. "Thea Lim wanted to write about grief — and ended up with a time travelling love story". CBC Books, July 12, 2018.
  2. "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt among finalists for $100,000 Giller Prize". Toronto Star , October 1, 2018.
  3. "Thea Lim's debut novel An Ocean of Minutes is a 'hidden autobiography' | CBC Radio". CBC. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  4. 1 2 "Thea Lim's book An Ocean of Minutes, draws on the best of old and new CanLit". Toronto Star , June 29, 2018.
  5. "An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim review: a timely debut novel". The Irish Times , September 17, 2018.
  6. "Thea Lim | Faculty Profiles | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | Academics | Sheridan College". Sheridan College. Retrieved 2018-10-02.