Mai Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Canadian author based in Toronto. Her debut novel Sunshine Nails (Atria Books and Simon & Schuster Canada) was longlisted for Canada Reads 2024, and was selected as one of the best books of 2023 by NPR and CBC. Her second book is forthcoming in 2026.
Her non-fiction writing has appeared in Wired, Washington Post, Marie Claire, Maclean’s, Toronto Star, and more. She has been nominated for a National Magazine Award twice and holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Born in Winnipeg and raised in Halifax, Mai currently lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter, and French bulldog.
