Jen Sookfong Lee

2024 Prize Jury Chair

Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby.  Her books include the memoir Superfan, named a Best Book of 2023 by Globe and Mail and Apple Books, The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, The Better Mother, The End of East, and The Shadow List. A familiar voice on radio, Jen currently co-hosts the literary podcast, Can’t Lit, and acquires and edits for ECW Press.