Terry Woo

Terry Woo is a Chinese-Canadian author. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he has lived in Toronto, Seattle, New York, and San Francisco. He has university degrees from the University of Waterloo in Systems Design Engineering, in Psychology, and a degree in Journalism at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). [1][2][3]

His first novel, Banana Boys, was published in 2000 and was shortlisted for the 1999 Asian-Canadian Writer's Workshop Award. A theatre adaption of the novel was produced by the fu-GEN Asian Canadian theatre company in 2004 and 2008. The play was remounted by Factory Theatre in 2015 and 2017.[4][5][6][7]

Some of his other writing is available in anthologies including Millenium Messages and Strike the Wok.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Terry Woo". South China Morning Post. 4 September 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Terry Woo - Cormorant Books". www.cormorantbooks.com. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Terry Woo – Asian Heritage in Canada". Toronto Metropolitan University Library. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Cormorant Books - Banana Boys". cormorantbooks.com. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Banana Boys 2008 The Toronto Theatre Database". Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Banana Boys: Canadian-born Chinese students slip on society's stereotypes". The Globe and Mail. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Banana Boys 2017 The Toronto Theatre Database". Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Terry Woo – Asian Heritage in Canada". Toronto Metropolitan University Library. Retrieved 2 July 2025.

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