Vincent Lam

Vincent Lam

Infobox Writer
name = Vincent Lam



occupation = short story writer, novelist, medical writer
nationality = Canadian
period = 2000s-present
notableworks = "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures"
spouse =
website = http://www.vincentlam.ca/index.php

Vincent Lam (born September 5 1974) is a Canadian writer and medical doctor.

Born in London, Ontario and raised in Ottawa, his parents came to Canada from the Chinese expatriate community in Vietnam. He attended St. Pius X High School and did his medical training at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1999. He now works an emergency physician at Toronto East General Hospital and also does international air evacuation work and expedition medicine on Arctic and Antarctic ships.

Lam's two published works, the medical guide "The Flu Pandemic and You" and the short story collection "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures", are based on his experiences in medical school. "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures" won the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada's richest and most prestigious literary award, on November 7, 2006. Following the Giller win, Shaftesbury Films announced on November 10 that it had reached a deal to adapt "Bloodletting" into a television series for The Movie Network. [ [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163156347078&call_pageid=968332188492] ]

Lam, who attended the Humber College School for Writers, continues to work on his first novel, "Cholon, Near Forgotten."

He currently lives with his wife and two sons in Toronto.

Bibliography

*"The Flu Pandemic and You", co-written with Colin Lee with a foreword by Margaret Atwood (2006, ISBN 0-385-66277-7)
*"Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures" (2006, ISBN 0-385-66143-6)

References

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External links

* [http://www.vincentlam.ca/index.php Vincent Lam]


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