Our Team

Meet the wonderful people that makes Writerly Books a dream come true!

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Thanh Dinh

Author, Co-Founder

Graduated from University of Toronto with distinction and obtained a Master’s in Communications at Arizona State University. She navigated the publishing landscape first as an author, then as an indie publisher. Her dream is to make #BIPOC and #OwnVoice aspiring authors grow.

Thanh is looking for: literary fiction and upmarket contemporary fiction with high stakes, a unique prose style, with a strong flair of creativity. She favors the bold and the intense thematically. Her favorite authors right now are Rainer Maria Rilke, Maria Varga Llosa, and of course, how can she not mention the OG Gabriel Garcia Marquez!

Phuong Dinh

CEO, Legal Advisor, Co-Founder

Phuong Dinh graduated from Sheridan College with a degree in Finance. Her strength isn’t in writing but in spotting the perfect plot that will shine in the much-saturated market of non-fiction.

A hard worker and perfectionist, Phuong is extremely meticulous with her selection process. She favors works that can make important and difficult topics more accessible to ordinary people. Her mission is to make literature a common household habit. Her favorite topics right now is any creative non-fiction proposals that can make her stay up all night planning a perfect sales plan for them!

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Ngoc-Hien Cao

Social Media Assistant

Ngoc-Hien Cao is the unstoppable force of humor and joy at our press. She is the inspiration behind our determination to get better each day. With a background in editing and her prowess at IT, she is a power to behold.

She is not open to submission at this time. Please direct all of your media and representation questions to her.