Jessica J. Lee | |
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Nationality | British and Canadian |
Occupation | writer |
Website | https://www.jessicajleewrites.com/ |
Jessica J. Lee is a British and Canadian author, [1] environmental historian. [2]
Lee was born in Canada, to a Welsh father and a Taiwanese mother. She was brought up in Canada, lived in London and Berlin. [3]
She received her BA from University of King's College in Halifax, her MA from University of London. [4] She then received her PhD in Environmental History and Aesthetics from York University.
In 2018, Lee founded the non-fiction journal The Willowherb Review. Receiving funds from fewer than a hundred backers on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, Lee and company paid writers and artists to produce five issues, with the project formally ending in 2022. The journal had also been funded by a grant provided by Arts Council England. [5] [6]
Reviewers noted that her 2019 memoir Two Trees Make a Forest incorporates elements of environmental analysis to her account of exploring Taiwan, where her mother was born. [7] [8] The book won the 2020 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [9]
Lee won the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize for emerging authors. [4] The prize came with $10,000 cash, and the mentorship of Kate Harris. [10]
A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan.
RBC Taylor Prize Founder Noreen Taylor commented: "Jessica J. Lee is exactly the kind of writer we envision for the Emerging Author award. A multi-talented young person, Lee is about to break out on several fronts.
Lee is editor of the Willowherb Review, publishing nature writing by writers of colour, including Nina Mingya Powles, winner of the inaugural Nan Shepherd prize.
JESSICA J. LEE ASKS the reader to consider slippery definitions of family in her complicated but thoughtful memoir, Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts, which weaves the political character of Taiwan with her family's own heritage and her journey of self-discovery amid the rural landscapes of the island.
Intermingled family, geographical and political history make this a fascinating and gentle read. It is both an introduction to Taiwan, its people and its topography, and a highly personal, and honest, account of one family.
Jessica J. Lee, author of the memoir Turning, has been awarded the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writer Award, a prize that comes with $10,000 and mentorship from RBC Taylor Prize winner Kate Harris.
Jessica J. Lee | |
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Nationality | British and Canadian |
Occupation | writer |
Website | https://www.jessicajleewrites.com/ |
Jessica J. Lee is a British and Canadian author, [1] environmental historian. [2]
Lee was born in Canada, to a Welsh father and a Taiwanese mother. She was brought up in Canada, lived in London and Berlin. [3]
She received her BA from University of King's College in Halifax, her MA from University of London. [4] She then received her PhD in Environmental History and Aesthetics from York University.
In 2018, Lee founded the non-fiction journal The Willowherb Review. Receiving funds from fewer than a hundred backers on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, Lee and company paid writers and artists to produce five issues, with the project formally ending in 2022. The journal had also been funded by a grant provided by Arts Council England. [5] [6]
Reviewers noted that her 2019 memoir Two Trees Make a Forest incorporates elements of environmental analysis to her account of exploring Taiwan, where her mother was born. [7] [8] The book won the 2020 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [9]
Lee won the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize for emerging authors. [4] The prize came with $10,000 cash, and the mentorship of Kate Harris. [10]
A chance discovery of letters written by her immigrant grandfather leads Jessica J. Lee to her ancestral homeland, Taiwan.
RBC Taylor Prize Founder Noreen Taylor commented: "Jessica J. Lee is exactly the kind of writer we envision for the Emerging Author award. A multi-talented young person, Lee is about to break out on several fronts.
Lee is editor of the Willowherb Review, publishing nature writing by writers of colour, including Nina Mingya Powles, winner of the inaugural Nan Shepherd prize.
JESSICA J. LEE ASKS the reader to consider slippery definitions of family in her complicated but thoughtful memoir, Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts, which weaves the political character of Taiwan with her family's own heritage and her journey of self-discovery amid the rural landscapes of the island.
Intermingled family, geographical and political history make this a fascinating and gentle read. It is both an introduction to Taiwan, its people and its topography, and a highly personal, and honest, account of one family.
Jessica J. Lee, author of the memoir Turning, has been awarded the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writer Award, a prize that comes with $10,000 and mentorship from RBC Taylor Prize winner Kate Harris.