Lindsay Wong Explained

Lindsay Wong is a Canadian writer, whose memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family was published in 2018.^[1] The book, a humorous memoir about her Chinese Canadian family's history of mental illness,^[2] won the 2019 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize^[3] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.^[4]

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia,^[5] Wong wrote the book while pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University in New York City.^{[1] [6]}

The Woo-Woo was selected for the 2019 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by Joe Zee,^[7] and was longlisted for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.^[8]

Wong's latest book, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality: Stories, came out in 2023 to great acclaim.^[9]

Notes and References

1. https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2018/10/06/lindsay-wong-uses-humour-to-examine-her-familys-history-of-mental-illness-and-supernatural-beliefs.html "Lindsay Wong uses humour to examine her family’s history of mental illness and supernatural beliefs"
2. https://www.cbc.ca/books/why-lindsay-wong-wrote-a-memoir-about-her-family-s-mental-health-struggles-1.4863368 "Why Lindsay Wong wrote a memoir about her family's mental health struggles"
3. Janis Cleugh, "National praise for The Woo-Woo". The Tri-City News, May 17, 2019.
4. https://quillandquire.com/omni/elizabeth-hay-terese-marie-mailhot-among-weston-prize-finalists/ "Elizabeth Hay, Terese Marie Mailhot, Lindsay Wong among Weston Prize finalists"
5. https://quillandquire.com/review/the-woo-woo-how-i-survived-ice-hockey-drug-raids-demons-and-my-crazy-chinese-family/ "The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family"
6. Web site: Read an excerpt from The Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong . . 2019-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220810181216/https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/read-an-excerpt-from-the-woo-woo-by-lindsay-wong-1.4997176 . 2022-08-10 . live.
7. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/01/31/chuck-comeau-joe-zee-lisa-ray-take-on-canada-reads-battle-of-the-books/ "Chuck Comeau, Joe Zee, Lisa Ray take on Canada Reads battle of the books"
8. Jane van Koeverden, "Eden Robinson, Rick Mercer & Lindsay Wong longlisted for 2019 Leacock Medal for humour". CBC Books, April 23, 2019.
9. Web site: 2023-02-21 . Review Canadian writer Lindsay Wong's book 'Tell me Pleasant Things About Immortality' features ghosts, demons and the mysterious Deathlily . 2023-02-24 . thestar.com . en.