Lydia Kwa was born in 1959 in Singapore and came to Canada in 1980. She earned her B.Sc. in psychology at the University of Toronto and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Queen's University. Kwa was a full-time psychologist for a few years before reducing her workload to allow more time for writing. She has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1992. For more information, visit her official site.

Books by Lydia Kwa

	1994 The Colours of Heroines (poetry)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2000 This Place Called Absence (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
	2005 The Walking Boy (novel)	Amazon.ca Amazon.com Biblio.com
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Awards

• Books in Canada First Novel Award
  • 2000 – This Place Called Absence – Shortlisted

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize
  • 2006 – The Walking Boy – Shortlisted

Added 29 April 2006.
Updated 17 March 2009.