Souvankham Thammavongsa was born in Nong Khai, Thailand in 1978. She is the author of two poetry books. Her first book, Small Arguments won the ReLit prize for poetry and was praised for its "beautiful jeweller's-eye lyrics". Her second book, Found, is based on a scrapbook that belonged to her father. Her father kept a scrapbook while living in a refugee camp in Laos in 1978. She has presented her poems at The Scream in High Park, Emily Carr, York University's Canadian Writers in Person Lecture series, and Harbourfront's Premiere Dance Theatre. She lives in Toronto, Canada.