Jolie Phuong Hoang escaped from Vietnam as a teenager. Arriving in Canada with her siblings in 1984, she trained in mathematics, all the while retaining her love of writing. Her wo...view moreJolie Phuong Hoang escaped from Vietnam as a teenager. Arriving in Canada with her siblings in 1984, she trained in mathematics, all the while retaining her love of writing. Her work has been recognized by the North Street Book Prize (Winner, Literary Fiction, 2020), the San Francisco Book Festival (Honourable Mention, 2020) and the Surrey International Writers Festival (Finalist, 2020). A college professor of mathematics, Jolie lives with her daughters in Fonthill, Ontario.view less