Charles Chowkai Yu 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.
Charles Yu
Author details
- Aliases:
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游朝凱, Charles Yu, チャールズ ユウ, and 1 other
Charles Chowkai Yu - Born:
- Jan. 3, 1976
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Charles Chowkai Yu 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.
Books by Charles Yu
A People's Future of the United States
by N. K. Jemisin, Kai Cheng Thom, Charlie Jane Anders, and 24 others
Cuentos para Algernon: Año III
by Charles Yu, Mike Resnick, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, and 10 others