Thea Lim is the author of An Ocean of Minutes, which was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her writing has been published in Granta, The Nation, The Paris Review, Best Canadian Stories, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, Guernica, and others. She also works as a book critic, as a story consultant for film and television, as a creative writing instructor at many schools including the University of Toronto, Diaspora Dialogues, and the University of Guelph. She grew up in Singapore and now lives with her family in Toronto.