LÊ THANH MY

Author Lê Thanh My, real name Lê Thị Thanh My, was born in 1966. She was born and raised in An Giang, with more than 30 years of working in the local literary and artistic environment. Starting to write in the early 90s, in 1992 her first work was a collection of poems. She has now published 10 books, including 8 poetry collections, 1 epic poem, 1 bilingual English-Vietnamese poetry collection, several of which have won awards. Since 2019, she has retired and is living in Ho Chi Minh City.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet, and translator, was born in 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.