JJ Lee is the author of The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son and a Suit (2011), a finalist for the Governor General's, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust and Charles Taylor prizes for non-fiction. His essays have appeared in publications including Elle, Montecristo, The Georgia Straight, Canadian Architect and more. He currently mentors a non-fiction workshop at Simon Fraser University's The Writer's Studio and previously edited Better Next Year: An anthology of Christmas Epiphanies (2023). He lives in New Westminster, BC.