Kwai-yun Li was born to Chinese parents in Calcutta, India. She grew up in the old part of the city known as Chattawalla Gully where many of the ethnic Chinese lived. Li immigrated to Canada in 1972 through an arranged marriage and now lives in Toronto. She is a certified general accountant and works part-time in that field while pursuing additional studies and writing.
Fiction (Short stories)
The Palm Leaf Fan & Other Stories
Toronto: TSAR, 2006.
PS8623 .I15 P34 2006
Publisher’s Synopsis
From crumbling shops in Chinatown to decaying tanneries in Tangra, Kwai-yun Li’s collection of linked short stories exposes us to the life of a marginalized community in Calcutta.
Anthology
Henry Chow and Other Stories
Edited by R. David Stephens, from the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop.
Vancouver: Tradewind Books, 2009.
PS8329.1 .H44 2009
Li, Kwai-Yun. “The Handwriting Expert.” In Henry Chow and Other Stories, edited by R. David Stephens, from the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop. Vancouver: Tradewind Books, 2009, 11-17.
Anthologies (Short stories)
A Kiss Beside the Monkey Bars: Stories by Four New Writers.
Toronto: Life Rattle Press, 2004.
PS8321 .K49 2004
Co-authored with Sultan Ameerali, Jennifer Lee, and Rosa Veltri. Contains seven stories by Li.
Anthologies (Short stories)
Will You Still Love Me if I Shave My Head?: Sixteen Stories From the Erindale Writers Group.
Li, Kwai. “Howrah Station.” In Will You Still Love Me if I Shave My Head?. Toronto: Life Rattle Press, 2003, 49-56.