Ed Lin
Ed Lin | |
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 Lin at the 2014 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | Ed Lin |
| Spouse | Cindy Cheung |
| Website | http://www.edlinforpresident.com |
Ed Lin is a Taiwanese American writer and novelist. He is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards.[1] His first novel, Waylaid (2002) won a Members' Choice Award at the Asian American Literary Awards and also a Booklist Editors' Choice Award in Fiction in 2002.[2] The novel was adapted into a film by Michael Kang, The Motel, which won the Humanitas Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.[3] Lin has written a series of crime novels revolving around Chinese-American cop Robert Chow set in 1976 New York City Chinatown, which begins in This Is A Bust (2007) (Kaya Press), which won a Members' Choice Award at the Asian American Literary Awards, and continues with Snakes Can't Run (2010) (Minotaur Books) and One Red Bastard (2012) (Minotaur Books).
Novels
Waylaid (2002), Lin's first novel is "the story of a Taiwanese/Chinese American boy struggling to grow up amidst the drudgery and sexual innuendo of his parents' sleazy motel on the Jersey Shore" and was a 2002 Booklist Editors' Choice in Fiction and also won a Members' Choice Award at the Asian American Literary Awards. It was made into a film Directed by Michael Kang entitled The Motel, which won the Humanitas Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
His trilogy of crime novels featuring Chinese-American Police Detective Robert Chow set in 1970s Chinatown has also won awards and garnered praise. The series so far comprises This Is A Bust (2007) (Members Choice Award, 2008 Asian American Literary Awards, Booklist Starred Review, and Listed in Best American Last Sentences of Books of 2007 in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2008, Edited by Dave Eggers), Snakes Can't Run (2010) (Publishers Weekly Starred Review), and One Red Bastard (2012) (Publishers Weekly Starred Review).
In 2014, Lin published a novel entitled Ghost Month, set in Taipei, Taiwan and revolving around a new detective protagonist named Jing-nan, who runs a food stand in a Taipei Night Market. Jing-nan begins to investigate the murder of a betel nut girl that also happened to be an ex-girlfriend of his.
Short Stories & Serialized Fiction
He also writes a serialized fiction series, or novel in installments, "Motherfuckerland" for Giant Robot Magazine.[4] He also has published various short stories including "Dave" and "Chinese New Year" (published in The Asian American Literary Review) as well as "Man Vs." (published in Animal Farm) about the show Man v. Food.
Film Appearances
Lin is also an actor, and stars as the title character "Norman Mao" in Derek Nguyen's The Potential Wives of Norman Mao which has screened at a variety of film festivals, including the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Hawaii International Film Festival, the Asian American International Film Festival in New York City, The LA Shorts Fest, The Raindance Film Festival in London and the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. He also stars alongside his wife Cindy Cheung in a Music Video for Magnetic North & Taiyo Na's "Home:Word" Directed by Wong Fu Productions.[5]
Bibliography
- Waylaid (2002)
- This Is A Bust (2007)
- Snakes Can't Run (2010)
- One Red Bastard (2012)
- Ghost Month (2014)
References
- ^ Streetside Chat with Author Ed Lin, TaiwaneseAmerican.org, http://taiwaneseamerican.org/ta/2012/05/24/streetside-chat-with-author-ed-lin/
- ^ An interview with Ed Lin, Asian American Press, http://aapress.com/arts/books/an-interview-with-ed-lin/
- ^ The Three Star Motel, Asian Pacific Arts, Brian Hu, http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51430
- ^ Motherfuckerland, a New Novel in Installments, Giant Robot Magazine, http://www.giantrobot.com/news/motherfuckerland-a-new-novel-in-installments/
- ^ Home:Word Music Video by Magnetic North x Taiyo Na, ChannelAPA, http://www.channelapa.com/2011/12/homeword-music-video-by-magnetic-north-x-taiyo-na.html