born September 13, 1967 La Jolla, California
father Tyrone Lai - a university professor
mother Yuen-Ting Tsui - an independent scholar
grew up in Saint John's, Newfoundland
lived and worked in Calgary, Ottawa, and Vancouver for many years as an activist researcher, writer, organizer and editor
BA (Honours) in Sociology, University of British Columbia, 1990
MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England
currently working on a PhD at the University of Calgary
contributor, Yellow Peril: Reconsidered, Vancouver: On Edge Productions, 1990
When Fox Is a Thousand, Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, 1995
contributor, Bringing It Home: Women Talk about Feminism in Their Lives, Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1996.
Salt Fish Girl, Thomas Allen Publishers, September 2002
poetry and prose have appeared in numerous publications such as Asian American Journal, Capilano Review, Harbour: Magazine of Art and Everyday Life, Fuse, Kinesis, West Coast Line, Room of One's Own, Rungh, and the anthologies Pearls of Passion, Eye Wuz Here, Into the Fire: Asian American Prose, and Many-Mouthed Birds
numerous readings, talks and workshops across North America including UCLA, Stanford, McGill, The University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University
numerous awards and honors, including Canada Council and Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada 1993, Canada Council Grant 1994, Astraea Foundation Emerging Writers Award 1995, British Columbia Cultural Services Branch Grant 1996, and Cultures and Heritage Canada Award 1996.
Larissa Lai interviewed by Ashok Mathur
Larissa Lai interviews Ashok Mathur
Larissa Lai - Scream in High Park Biography
Larissa Lai conversation with Nalo Hopkinson
The Future According to Larissa Lai
absinthe magazine[temporarily down 8/31/03]
Salt Fish Girl reviewed by Guy Beauregard at Canadian Literature
Salt Fish Girl reviewed by T.L.Cowan at Herizons Magazine
postcolonial analysis of Larissa Lai's When Fox Is a Thousand
Larissa Lai's When Fox Is a Thousand
about the bankruptcy of Press Gang publishers
