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Ed Lin
Ed Lin is an American writer and novelist. He is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards.〔Streetside Chat with Author Ed Lin, TaiwaneseAmerican.org, http://taiwaneseamerican.org/ta/2012/05/24/streetside-chat-with-author-ed-lin/〕 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.〔An interview with Ed Lin, Asian American Press, http://aapress.com/arts/books/an-interview-with-ed-lin/〕 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.〔The Three Star Motel, Asian Pacific Arts, Brian Hu, http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=51430〕 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.
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