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Mai Nguyen

Biography

Mai Nguyen

Mai Nguyen is a Vietnamese Canadian author whose debut novel, SUNSHINE NAILS, was longlisted for Canada Reads and named one of the best books of 2023 by NPR and CBC. Her journalism has appeared in Wired, The Washington Post and The Toronto Star. Raised in Halifax, she now lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter and French bulldog.

Mai Nguyen

Books by Mai Nguyen

by Mai Nguyen - Fiction, Humor

This tender, humorous and page-turning debut is about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do whatever it takes to protect their no-frills nail salon after a new high-end salon opens up --- even if it tears the family apart.