b. July 2, 1971, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
full name: Evelyn Yee-Fun Lau
has one younger sister
parents were Chinese immigrants who expected her to become a medical doctor
author of Fresh Girls and Other Stories and two poetry collections, Oedipal Dreams, which earned her a Governor General's Award nomination, and In the House of Slaves
her Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid was made into a 1994 TV movie
lives in Yaletown, Vancouver, B.C.'s historic warehouse district
Evelyn Lau page at 100 Canadian Poets
Evelyn Lau - a Literary Cabaret
Evelyn Lau interview with Linda Richards in October 1999 January Magazine
Evelyn Lau page at Gutter Press
Evelyn Lau page at Northwest Passages
Evelyn Lau page at Voices from the Gaps
Evelyn Lau - Writer - wonderful page at Coolwomen
Evelyn Lau/ W.P. Kinsella article by Schafer Parker Jr.
Evelyn Lau - "Operatic Karaoke" by Sneja Gunew
Sandra Oh Hyphen Magazine profile