Larissa Lai

Larissa Lai is a Canadian author celebrated for her bold and imaginative works of speculative fiction. Her debut novel, "Salt Fish Girl," is a genre-defying exploration of memory, identity, and biotechnology, weaving Chinese mythology with a dystopian future. Her follow-up, "The Tiger Flu," continues her visionary world-building, conjuring a post-apocalyptic landscape teeming with female resilience and cultural complexity. Lai's writing challenges boundaries of race, gender, and capitalism, earning her a distinguished place in contemporary Canadian literature. She is also a scholar and poet, whose work consistently pushes the limits of imagination and invites readers to reimagine the world.