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Lau Yee-Wa is one of Hong Kong's most exciting emerging authors. She studied Chinese Language and Literature and then Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, graduating with a Masters degree before going on to earn her Postgraduate Diploma in Secondary Education. Yee-Wa worked as an editor in a publishing house for five years before her short story 'The Shark' won the prestigious Hong Kong Champion Award for Creative Writing in Chinese in 2016.
Insightful and investigative, Lau Yee-Wa explores the searing politics of a threatened tongue in Hong Kong with tact, terror and empathy. She evokes a dangerously competitive world fuelled by success, shopping, inflation of house prices, educational hierarchy and social status. It's a timely portrayal of a city that has experienced a seismic shock and is grappling with the consequences of irreversible change. -- Kit Fan, author of Diamond Hill
