Mai Nguyen
WRITER/MENTEE
Mai Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian writer and the author of the 2023 novel Sunshine Nails, published by Atria Books and Simon & Schuster Canada. Her writing has appeared in Wired, Washington Post, Marie Claire, Maclean’s, Toronto Star, and more. She has been nominated for a National Magazine Award twice and holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Born in Winnipeg and raised in Halifax, Mai currently lives in Toronto.
Mai is a Long Form GTA 2020 mentee and worked with Ann Y.K. Choi.