Madeleine Thien
 Madeleine Thien (born 1974) is a Canadian short story writer and novelist.Born in Vancouver British Columbia she was educated at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. Thien was a finalist for Writers' Trust of Canada's RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers in 1999 and in 2001 she was awarded the Canadian Authors Association Air Canada Award for most promising Canadian writer under age 30.