Y. Z. Chin is a Malaysian-born writer living in the United States.[1]
Early life and education
editChin is a former software engineer.[2] She graduated from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University in 2007, where she also studied creative writing.[3]
Career
editChin's first book was a volume of stories titled Though I Get Home released in 2018.[1][4] It received the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine Louise Meriwether First Book Prize.[3][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]
References
edit- ^ a b Tan, Stephanie (15 December 2021). "YZ Chin, Though I Get Home". SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English. 58 (2): 209–211. doi:10.22452/sare.vol58no2.15. ISSN 0127-046X. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Schaub, Michael (10 August 2021). "All The Moving Parts Fit Together In This Smart, Emotional Debut Novel". NPR. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ a b Dylan, Jonah (20 April 2018). "Northwestern alumna YZ Chin releases 'Though I Get Home'". Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Though I Get Home". Kirkus Reviews. 23 January 2018.
- ^ Higgins, Molly (9 April 2018). "Book Review: "Though I Get Home"". APALA. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Edge Case by YZ Chin". www.publishersweekly.com. 2021.
- ^ "Edge Case". Kirkus Reviews. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Mundow, Anna (22 July 2021). "'Edge Case' Review: The Husband Vanishes". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Renfro, Yelizaveta. "Edge Case: A Novel". Washington Independent Review of Books. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ McKanic, Arlene (August 2021). "Edge Case". BookPage. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Yun, Jung (6 September 2021). "'Edge Case' begins with a husband's disappearance and turns into much more". Washington Post. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Oyler, Lauren (2 August 2021). "Start-Ups Are Not Great for Marriages". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ Cowles, Gregory (19 August 2021). "10 New Books We Recommend This Week". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "YZ Chin - MacDowell Fellow in Literature". MacDowell. Retrieved 22 April 2023.