Charles Yu
Known for Writing
Born
January 3, 1976 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
游朝凱Charles Yu Chowkai
Biography
Charles Chowkai Yu (born January 3, 1976) is an American writer and lawyer. He is the author of the novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and Interior Chinatown, as well as the short-story collections Third Class Superhero and Sorry Please Thank You. In 2007 he was named a "5 under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation. In 2020, Interior Chinatown won the National Book Award for fiction. Yu created a television adaptation of Interior Chinatown which premiered in 2024.
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