CMD Welcomes Linh S. Nguyễn

Linh S. Nguyễn

Linh S. Nguyễn is a Canadian children’s author. She completed her H.B.A. in English, Writing & Rhetoric, and Creative Expression & Society from the University of Toronto.

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We are thrilled to welcome Linh S. Nguyễn to CookeMcDermid.

Linh S. Nguyễn (she/her) is a Canadian children’s author. Her debut middle-grade novel, NO PLACE LIKE HOME (HarperCollins Canada, 2023, and forthcoming in the USA from Inkyard Press in November), is a portal fantasy quest. It features 11-year-old Lan, a Vietnamese immigrant to Toronto, who learns to redefine home.

Linh completed her H.B.A. in English, Writing & Rhetoric, and Creative Expression & Society from the University of Toronto. She went on to do her MPhil in Arts, Creativity and Education at the University of Cambridge and has just started her PhD in embodied learning and decolonial epistemologies at the Faculty of Education.

Linh lives in Cambridge, UK. Her work can be found at www.linhsnguyen.com or more frequently on Instagram or TikTok at @linh.s.nguyen

Linh is represented by Rachel Letofsky.