Born and raised in China, Tong Ge moved to Canada in the late 1980s as an international student. Since 2012, her poetry, prose, and short stories have appeared in both English and Chinese publications across North America, England, Mainland China, and Taiwan. Her debut novel, “The House Filler,” was published in Canada in 2023. It's a finalist for the 2023 Eyelands Book Awards, the 2024 Canadian Book Club Awards, and the 2025 International Book Awards. The novel has also garnered multiple accolades, including the 2024 Independent Press Award for New Fiction, the NAIWE (National Association of Independent Writers and Editors) Book Award for Literary Fiction, second place in the 2025 BookFest Award for Literary-Historical Fiction, and the 2025 Maxy Award for Historical & Adventure fiction.
