Linda Rui Feng

Linda Rui Feng is a Chinese-Canadian writer and academic, whose debut novel Swimming Back to Trout River was longlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize.[1]

Born in Shanghai, China,[2] she lived in the United States for several years before moving to Toronto, Ontario, where she is a professor of Chinese cultural history at the University of Toronto.[3] She previously published the academic work City of Marvel and Transformation: Changan and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China in 2015.

References
  1. "Miriam Toews, Omar El Akkad & Katherena Vermette among 12 authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books, September 8, 2021.
  2. Deborah Dundas, "30 new books we can’t wait to get our hands on in the first half of 2021". Toronto Star, January 8, 2021.
  3. "15 books by Asian Canadian authors to read for Asian Heritage Month". CBC Books, May 20, 2021.


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