Y. Z. Chin Explained

Y. Z. Chin is a Malaysian-born writer living in the United States.

Early life and education

Chin is a former software engineer.[1] She graduated from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University in 2007, where she also studied creative writing.

Career

Chin's first book was a volume of stories titled Though I Get Home released in 2018.[2] [3] It received the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine Louise Meriwether First Book Prize.[4] [5]

Her first novel was Edge Case published in 2021.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] In the Washington Post, Jung Yun wrote that the novel's depiction of foreign workers in the New York City tech industry "shines brightest [in] its depiction of characters who live in a liminal space."[11] In The New York Times, Lauren Oyler wrote that the book is "not only a subtly provocative depiction of the tech industry, and this country, as tilting ever more off-kilter; but also a realistic portrayal of a woman in crisis."[12] The New York Times named it an "Editors' Choice."[13]

Chin was a 2023 MacDowell Fellow in Literature.[14]

Notes and References

  1. News: Schaub . Michael . All The Moving Parts Fit Together In This Smart, Emotional Debut Novel . 22 April 2023 . NPR . 10 August 2021.
  2. Tan . Stephanie . YZ Chin, Though I Get Home . SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English . 15 December 2021 . 58 . 2 . 209–211 . 10.22452/sare.vol58no2.15 . 22 April 2023 . en . 0127-046X. free .
  3. News: Though I Get Home . Kirkus Reviews . 23 January 2018 . en.
  4. News: Dylan . Jonah . Northwestern alumna YZ Chin releases ‘Though I Get Home’ . 22 April 2023 . Daily Northwestern . 20 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Higgins . Molly . Book Review: "Though I Get Home" . APALA . 22 April 2023 . 9 April 2018.
  6. News: Edge Case by YZ Chin . www.publishersweekly.com . 2021.
  7. News: Edge Case . 22 April 2023 . Kirkus Reviews . 16 June 2021 . en.
  8. News: Mundow . Anna . ‘Edge Case’ Review: The Husband Vanishes . 22 April 2023 . Wall Street Journal . 22 July 2021.
  9. News: Renfro . Yelizaveta . Edge Case: A Novel . 22 April 2023 . Washington Independent Review of Books.
  10. News: McKanic . Arlene . Edge Case . 22 April 2023 . BookPage . August 2021.
  11. News: Yun . Jung . ‘Edge Case’ begins with a husband’s disappearance and turns into much more . 22 April 2023 . Washington Post . 6 September 2021.
  12. News: Oyler . Lauren . Start-Ups Are Not Great for Marriages . 22 April 2023 . The New York Times . 2 August 2021.
  13. News: Cowles . Gregory . 10 New Books We Recommend This Week . 22 April 2023 . The New York Times . 19 August 2021.
  14. Web site: YZ Chin - MacDowell Fellow in Literature . MacDowell . 22 April 2023 . en.