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Mimi Lok | |
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| Born | Essex, England |
| Occupation | author, editor, educator |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University |
| Notable works | Last of Her Name Voice of Witness |
| Notable awards | PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize California Book Award Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award |
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Mimi Lok is a British-Chinese author, editor, and educator. She is the recipient of a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award, A PEN America Award, and a California Book Award for Fiction. She is also the founder of Voice of Witness, an award-winning human rights and oral history nonprofit organization focused on amplifying marginalized voices through a book series and a national education program.[1]
Her debut short story collection, Last of Her Name (Kaya Press, 2019) is the winner of the 2020 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize,[2] and a California Book Award silver medal for first fiction,[3] and was a finalist for The California Independent Bookseller Alliance ‘Golden Poppy’ Book Awards 2020,[4] and CLMP Firecracker Award.[1] The novella from the collection, "The Woman in the Closet" was a finalist for the 2020 National Magazine Award,[5] Some of the key themes that the author contemplates are human connection, the Asian diaspora, and empathy.[6][7] Her work has been published in McSweeney's, Electric Literature, Nimrod, Lucky Peach, Hyphen, and the South China Morning Post.[8]
- ^ a b "ABOUT". MIMI LOK. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection". PEN America. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "California Book Awards". Commonwealth Club. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ^ "Golden Poppy Awards". California Independent Booksellers Alliance. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ "National Magazine Awards". ASME The American Society of Magazine Editors. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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- ^ "Mimi Lok |". Kaya Press. Retrieved 19 May 2020.