Lori Thicke

Lori Thicke is a Canadian author, founder and speaker. She was born in Toronto and raised in a mining town in northern Canada. Lori earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Awards Lori has won include the CBC Writing Prize for “exceptional promise”, a Special Merit Award from the Province of BC for “outstanding talent”, and a writing grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.

In addition to her writing accomplishments, Lori founded a language company in Paris as well as Translators without Borders, the world’s largest translation charity. Her speaking engagements have taken her to four continents, including addresses to the UN in Addis Ababa, Tufts University in Boston, the University of Malaysia in Borneo, and La Sorbonne in Paris.

Lori, who has one son, lives and writes in the south of France.

Lori’s memoir, The Dreamer’s Daughter, will be published by Simon & Schuster on April 7, 2026..