Jam
ie Ford is a Northwest author most widely known for his bests
elling Seattle-based novels. His most recent novel\, The Many Daughters of
Afong Moy\, was an instant New York Times bestseller and a Read with Jenn
a Today Show Book Club Pick. His debut\, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and
Sweet\, spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list\, won the A
sian/Pacific American Award for Literature. This multi-cultural tale was a
dapted by Book-It Repertory Theatre\, and has recently been optioned for a
stage musical\, and also for film\, with George Takei serving as Executiv
e Producer. \;
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An award-winning short-story writer\,
his work has been published in multiple anthologies\, from Asian-themed s
teampunk set in Seattle in the Apocalypse Triptych\, to stories exploring
the universe of masked marvels and caped crusaders from an Asian American
perspective in Secret Identities: The first Asian American Superhero Antho
logy\, and Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology. His essays on r
ace\, identity\, love\, heroes\, and complex families have been published
nationwide and his work has been translated into 35 languages. He says he&
rsquo\;s holding out for Klingon\, because that&rsquo\;s when you know you
&rsquo\;ve made it. \;
Interviewer C.H. Hooks is the author of the novels Can&rsquo\;t Shake the Dust and Alligator Zoo-Park Magic. His work ha s appeared in publications including: The Los Angeles Review\, American Sh ort Fiction\, Four Way Review\, The Tampa Review\, The Bitter Southerner\, Writer&rsquo\;s Digest\, and Craft Literary. He was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at Sewanee Writers' Conference and attended DISQUIET: Dzanc Books International Literary Program in Lisbon. He teaches at Flagler College in St. Augustine\, Florida. \; \;
\nDid you know that all of o ur Lit Chat authors' books count toward your Jax Stacks Reading Chal lenge completion? Find out what other authors we're hosting this year and join in the fun! \;
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