Vancouver-raised author Pik-Shuen Fung has won this yearB次元官网网址檚 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

Fung was awarded the $60,000 prize for B次元官网网址淕host ForestB次元官网网址� at a ceremony in Toronto on Wednesday.

The title from publisher Strange Light follows the story of an unnamed protagonist grappling with the death of her father.

Fung was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, but she now lives in New York City.

Established in 1976, previous winners of the First Novel Award include Michael Ondaatje, W.P. Kinsella, Nino Ricci, David Bezmozgis, Andre Alexis and Madeleine Thien.

The prize is co-presented by Amazon and The Walrus.

The runners-up, who each receive $6,000, are:

- B次元官网网址淓veryone in This Room Will Someday Be DeadB次元官网网址� by Emily Austin, published by Atria

- B次元官网网址淧robably RubyB次元官网网址� by Lisa Bird-Wilson, published by Doubleday Canada

- B次元官网网址淎ll the Quiet PlacesB次元官网网址� by Brian Thomas Isaac, published by Brindle & Glass

- B次元官网网址淎venue of ChampionsB次元官网网址� by Conor Kerr, published by Nightwood Editions

- B次元官网网址淲e, JaneB次元官网网址� by Aimee Wall, published by Book*hug Press