Ed Lin

Ed Lin is a Taiwanese-American writer, actor and novelist. He is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. 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. Lin has written a series of crime novels revolving around Chinese-American cop Robert Chow and set in 1976 New York City Chinatown, beginning with ''This Is A Bust'' (2007) (Kaya Press), which won a Members' Choice Award at the Asian American Literary Awards. The sequel, ''Snakes Can't Run'', was published in 2010, followed with ''One Red Bastard'' in 2012, both by Minotaur Books. Provided by Wikipedia