Larissa Lai

Larissa Lai
Lai at the 2017 Asian American Literature Festival
Born	1967 (age 56–57) La Jolla, California
Occupation	Writer poet literary critic
Nationality	Canadian
Education	University of British Columbia (BA) University of East Anglia (MA) University of Calgary (PhD)
Notable works	Salt Fish Girl; When Fox is a Thousand; The Tiger Flu
Website
www.larissalai.com

Larissa Lai (born 1967) is an American-born Canadian novelist and literary critic. She is a recipient of the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction and Lambda Literary Foundation's 2020 Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize.^[1]