Brian Leung | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Diego County, California, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Education | California State University (BA, MA) Indiana University (MFA) |
| Genre | fiction |
| Notable awards | Asian American Literary Award (2005)Mary McArthy Award for ShortFiction (2004)Willa Award for Historical Fiction (2011) |
| Website | |
| readbrianleung | |
Brian Leung is an American fiction writer, whose short story collection World Famous Love Acts won the 2005 Asian American Literary Award for fiction and the Mary McCarthy Award in Short Fiction.[1] He has also written three novels.
Personal background
Leung was born and grew up in San Diego County, California, to a Chinese father who had immigrated to the US and a mother from Battleground, Washington.[1]
He won the Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize, presented by the Lambda Literary Awards, in 2012.[2]
Published works
Leung has written the following books:[3]
- World Famous Love Acts, Sarabande Books, 2004. ISBN 978-1-889330-16-7
- Lost Men: A Novel, Three Rivers Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-307-35165-4
- Take Me Home: A Novel, HarperCollins, 2010. ISBN 0-06-176907-X
- Ivy Vs. Dogg: With A Cast Of Thousands!, C&R Press, 2018 ISBN 1936196638
- All I Should Not Tell, C&R Press, 2021 ISBN 9781949540192
References
- 1 2 "Brian Leung: About the Author: HarperCollins Publishers". Harpercollins.com. March 24, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ↑ Stacey D’Erasmo and Brian Leung Named 2012 Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize Winners. Lambda Literary Foundation, May 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Brian Leung Online". Readbrianleung.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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