Mimi Lok

Mimi Lok is an English author, editor, and educator. She is the recipient of a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award and a Ylvisaker Award for Fiction. She is also the founder of Voice of Witness, a nonprofit organization focusing on writing oral histories of marginalized communities.[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] a 2020 finalist for The California Independent Bookseller Alliance ‘Golden Poppy’ Book Awards 2020.[3] Her work has been published in McSweeney's, Electric Literature, Nimrod, Lucky Peach, Hyphen, and the South China Morning Post.[4]

Personal life

Mimi Lok grew up in Epping, a small town outside of London.[5] She studied visual arts before enrolling in MFA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University.[6] She lives in San Francisco, California, with her husband.

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References
  1. "ABOUT". MIMI LOK. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. "PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection". PEN America. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. "Golden Poppy Awards". California Independent Booksellers Alliance. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. "Mimi Lok |". Kaya Press. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  5. Das, Kavita. "This Group Shares Oral Histories to Help Readers 'Better Understand the World'". NBC News Asian America. NBC Universal. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. "Creative Writing Grad Mimi Lok is Executive Director of Voice of Witness | College of Liberal & Creative Arts". lca.sfsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-19.


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