Madeleine Thien was born in Vancouver in 1974, the year her Malaysian-Chinese parents immigrated to Canada. Her novels and short stories powerfully explore her heritage in the Asian-Canadian communities of Canada’s west coast, and the tragic and heroic struggles of people in post-war Southeast Asia. As a part of the UPEI Winter’s Tales Author Reading Series, Madeleine Thien, author of Certainty and Dogs at the Perimeter, will present her fiction on Thursday, February 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Confederation Centre Art Gallery. A reception and book signing will follow her reading. Her visit to PEI is sponsored by the UPEI English Department, in collaboration with Confederation Centre Art Gallery, and with support from The Canada Council of the Arts.