• Biography & Books

Lily Chow was born in Malaysia, but has lived in Canada since the mid-sixties. She has taught in the Prince George School District and at the University of British Columbia. She now devotes her time to research and writing. Her first book, Sojourners in the North, won the Jeanne Clark Local History Award and is used as a textbook in many colleges and universities. Chasing Their Dreams is her second book.

Chasing Their Dreams: Chinese Settlement in the Northwest Region of British Columbia
0920576834 · December 2000 · $18.95
"Lily Chow does justice not only to the history of Chinese in British Columbia but also the greater context of the history of the oppressed people. Her writing represents a lonely voice crying out for justice and denouncing hypocrisy..." -Dr. W. C. Tan
Sojourners in the North:
0920576621 · 1996 · $24.95
Winner of the Jeanne Clark Award for Local History