Mai Nguyen is a National Magazine Award-nominated journalist and copywriter who has written for Wired, TheWashington Post, TheToronto Star, and several major brands. Raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, she now lives in Toronto. Sunshine Nails is her debut novel.
Visit her at MaiNguyen.ca.
Genres: General Fiction
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