Tom Lin (writer)

Tom Wentao Lin[1] (born c. 1996[2]) is an American novelist. His debut novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, a Western about a Chinese American outlaw, was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2021.[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Lin was born in Beijing, China, and moved to Flushing, Queens, New York City with his family when he was four.[2] He attended Pomona College.[2] As of 2021, he is pursuing a doctorate in English at the University of California, Davis.[3]

Career

Lin's debut novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, was published by Little, Brown and Company on June 1, 2021.[2] It is a Western with supernatural elements set in the 1860s about a Chinese American assassin who pursues vengeance after railroad barons kidnap his lover and conscript him into helping construct the Central Pacific Railroad.[5][2][6] Media praised the story's subversion of the white-centric perspective of traditional westerns and its exploration of identity.[3][4][7] The novel has been shortlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.[8]

Works
  • The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu. Little, Brown and Company. June 1, 2021. ISBN 978-0-316-54217-3.[5]

References
  1. Reed, Arden (2017). Slow Art. Oakland, California: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520285507.
  2. Alter, Alexandra (May 31, 2021). "With a Chinese American Gunslinger, He's Challenging the Whiteness of Westerns". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  3. Wong, Ashley (May 18, 2021). "What makes us American? A UC Davis student tackles identity and violence in new book". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  4. May 31, Jessica Zack (May 31, 2021). "'The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu': Debut novel gives revenge Western a Chinese American perspective". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  5. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu. Little, Brown and Company. October 6, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  6. Lichtenstein, Grace (June 2021). "Book Review - The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin". BookPage. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  7. Hong, Terry (May 6, 2021). "Review: The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu". Shelf Awareness. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  8. "2022 Winners". American Library Association. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
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