Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver's East Side, where she now lives with her husband. Her poetry, fiction, and articles have appeared in a variety of magazines, including "The Antigonish Review", "The Claremont Review", "Horsefly", and "Jasmine". A finalist for the Stephen Leacock Poetry Contest, she is a Knopf Canada New Face of Fiction for "The End of East".