Vancouver-raised author Pik-Shuen Fung has won this year鈥檚 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.

Fung was awarded the $60,000 prize for 鈥淕host Forest鈥� at a ceremony in Toronto on Wednesday.

The title from publisher Strange Light follows the story of an unnamed protagonist grappling with the death of her father.

Fung was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver, but she now lives in New York City.

Established in 1976, previous winners of the First Novel Award include Michael Ondaatje, W.P. Kinsella, Nino Ricci, David Bezmozgis, Andre Alexis and Madeleine Thien.

The prize is co-presented by Amazon and The Walrus.

The runners-up, who each receive $6,000, are:

- 鈥淓veryone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead鈥� by Emily Austin, published by Atria

- 鈥淧robably Ruby鈥� by Lisa Bird-Wilson, published by Doubleday Canada

- 鈥淎ll the Quiet Places鈥� by Brian Thomas Isaac, published by Brindle & Glass

- 鈥淎venue of Champions鈥� by Conor Kerr, published by Nightwood Editions

- 鈥淲e, Jane鈥� by Aimee Wall, published by Book*hug Press