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Linda Trinh is an award-winning Vietnamese Canadian author and she goes by the pronouns she/ her. She writes fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. She explores identity, cultural background, and spirituality.
She is the author of The Nguyen Kids early chapter book series, published by Annick Press. The books have been nominated for numerous awards and The Secret of the Jade Bangle co-won the Manitoba Book Award for best first book.
Her work for adults appeared in anthologies and literary magazines such as The Fiddlehead, Room, This Magazine, The Nasiona, and Prairie Fire. She has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards.
She is the author of Seeking Spirit: A Vietnamese (Non)Buddhist Memoir, published by Guernica Editions – MiroLand. Via a collection of essays, Linda plays with form and structure to show the interconnection of life events, trauma, and spiritual practice, to move from being a passive believer to an active seeker.
She is represented by Bridgette Kam, Literary Associate, of Westwood Creative Artists (WCA).
Linda immigrated to Canada with her family from Vietnam when she was three years old. She and her older sister were raised by a single mother, surrounded by extended family in the West End of Winnipeg, after her father passed away when she was seven. Growing up, she did not see herself represented in books and that absence influences her exploration of identity, cultural background, and spirituality.
Outside of writing, she enjoys yoga, collecting rocks, and painting (by numbers). She also loves to travel, especially wandering the ruins of places humans built long ago. She has been blessed to visit the pyramids in Egypt, My Son in Vietnam, and the Great Wall in China, among others.
She lives with her husband and two kids in Winnipeg, on ancestral lands, Treaty 1 territory, traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
Memberships:
- The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC)
- Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP)
- Creative Nonfiction Collective (CNFC)
- The Manitoba Writers’ Guild (MWG)