Anh Duong was born in Thua-Thien Hue, Vietnam, and lived there and in Saigon until the mid-1970s, when he moved to Iran. He arrived in Canada in 1980, and worked for decades as an engineer in the petroleum industry in Calgary and Houston, Texas. Embarking on a writing career, Duong participated in the Banff Centre’s Emerging Writers Intensive in 2017. He lives in Calgary.