CMD Welcomes Jamie Liew

Jamie Liew

Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) is a writer, lawyer, professor, and podcaster. Her work, inspired and informed by the folktales her community shares and the narratives of those marginalized by law, explores themes of migration, citizenship and belonging.

We are thrilled to welcome Jamie Liew to CookeMcDermid!

Jamie Chai Yun Liew (she/her) is a writer, lawyer, professor, and podcaster. Her work, inspired and informed by the folktales her community shares and the narratives of those marginalized by law, explores themes of migration, citizenship and belonging.

Jamie's debut novel DANDELION was longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2023, on CBC's Best Canadian Fiction 2022 list, and the unpublished manuscript received the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award.

With Hakka, Hainanese and Nyonya roots in Southeast Asia, her favourite pastime is to cook and eat hawker fare like laksa and char kuey teow. She lives in Ottawa, Algonquin Anishinaabe territory, with her family.

Jamie is represented by Rachel Letofsky.