Samantha WL Lee
Author and Educator
Samantha’s debut novel Bound is coming out in March.
Bound is a multigenerational family saga which takes place over a century and across four countries. In 1920s China, a law is changed to forbid the binding of feet. Huan-Ju, a four year old girl who has started the process, has her feet unbound leading her to question tradition and the role it plays in our lives.
Samantha WL Lee is a Chinese-Australian writer of literary fiction, essays and poetry. She was shortlisted for the WestWords/Ultimo Prize for her manuscript and completed the WestWords Fellowship in 2023. Samantha has been shortlisted for multiple Needle in the Hay flash fiction competitions and has been published in SBS Voices and FemAsia Magazine.
