Lydia Kwa


Lydia Kwa is a Canadian writer and psychologist.
First coming to Canada in 1980, Kwa studied psychology at the University of Toronto and Queen's University. She published one short story and a volume of poetry in the 1990s, but has concentrated primarily on novels since. In addition to her writing, she continues to practice as a clinical therapist in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was a nominee for the Amazon.ca [First Novel Award] in 2000, the ReLit Award in 2001 and the Lambda [Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction] in 2002 for This Place Called Absence, and for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2006 for The Walking Boy.
She is an open lesbian.

Works

  • The Colour of Heroines
  • This Place Called Absence
  • The Walking Boy
  • Pulse
  • Sinuous
  • "The Right Hand"
  • Oracle Bone
  • The Walking Boy --a rewrite of the 2005 novel, now a sequel to ''Oracle Bone''