Tsering Yangzom Lama (original) (raw)

Tsering Yangzom Lama is a Tibetan writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, whose debut novel We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies was published in 2022. She was born and raised in a Tibetan refugee community in Nepal before immigrating to Canada and then the United States. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, inspired in part by her own experiences, tells the story of two Tibetan refugee sisters who settle in Canada. The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.