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.
Lama received a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and international relations from the University of British Columbia , and an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She has been a resident at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center. She was a 2018 Tin House Scholar.
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies, inspired in part by Lama's own experiences, tells the story of a Tibetan family's journey into exile over the course of 50 years and three generations.David Chau, "The realities of exile for ordinary Tibetans ground Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel". Quill & Quire, May 18, 2022. The novel was shortlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize,Deborah Dundas, "Rawi Hage, Suzette Mayr among five finalists for the 2022 Giller Prize worth $100,000". Toronto Star, September 27, 2022. and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes,Gail Johnson, "BC and Yukon Book Prizes announce 2023 shortlists". Stir, April 13, 2023. and the inaugural Carol Shields Prize for Fiction in 2023.Deborah Dundas, "5 Canadians nominated for first Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for women and non-binary writers, worth $150,000 (U.S.)". Toronto Star, March 8. 2023. The novel was awarded the Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award for Fiction.GLCA Announces 2023 Winners of the New Writers Award, https://www.glca.org/glca-announces-2023-winners-of-the-new-writers-award/
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