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Ed Lin


Born
January 01, 1969

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Genre
Mystery


Ed Lin is a journalist by training and an all-around stand-up kinda guy. He's the author of several books: Waylaid, his literary debut, and his Robert Chow crime series, set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown: This Is a Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Lin lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung. ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 3,179 ratings · 689 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors
Ghost Month (Taipei Night M...
3.26 avg rating — 764 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions
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Waylaid
3.66 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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This Is a Bust (Detective R...
3.68 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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David Tung Can't Have a Gir...
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Incensed (Taipei Night Mark...
3.39 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions
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99 Ways to Die (Taipei Nigh...
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Death Doesn't Forget (Taipe...
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Snakes Can't Run (Detective...
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One Red Bastard (Detective ...
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Ghost Month Incensed 99 Ways to Die Death Doesn't Forget
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“I didn’t believe in such things. I believed in facts, science and, every once in a while, human beings.”
― Ed Lin, Ghost Month
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“It was the hottest day in July, and the island’s humidity was draped over me like a mourning veil, yet my body went cold and sweaty. Even my skin was crying.”
― Ed Lin, Ghost Month
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