Charles Chowkai Yu (; born January 3, 1976) is an American writer and lawyer. He is the author of the novels '' How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe'' and '' Interior Chinatown'', as well as the short-story collections ''Third Class Superhero'' and ''Sorry Please Thank You''. In 2007 he was named a "5 under 35" honoree by the

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. In 2020, ''Interior Chinatown'' won the

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for fiction. Yu created a television adaptation of ''Interior Chinatown'' which premiered in 2024.

Personal life

Yu was raised in a

Taiwanese American Taiwanese Americans (traditional Chinese, Chinese: 臺灣裔美國人; pinyin: ''Táiwān yì měiguó rén''; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ''Tâi-Bí-jîn'') are Americans of Taiwanese people, Taiwanese ancestry, including American-born descendants of migrant ...

family. His parents had emigrated to the United States from

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. He mentioned that besides drawing from his own life in writing '' Interior Chinatown,'' he also knew that he wanted to write about this certain experience of his parents as immigrants, during which time his kids were also growing up. Yu graduated from the

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, in 1997, majoring and receiving a Bachelor of Arts in

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and

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and a minor in

creative writing Creative writing is any writing that goes beyond the boundaries of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on craft and technique, such as narrative structure, character ...

, where he "wrote poetry, not fiction" and also "took several poetry workshops with people like

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and

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". He obtained his

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from

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.Charles Yu, LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesyu He has worked as an associate at

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, as a corporate attorney in

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, became the Director of Business Affairs at

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and worked as an associate general counsel at Belkin International, before finally becoming a full-time fiction and TV writer. He lives near

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with his wife, Michelle Jue and their two children, Sophia and Dylan. His brother is the actor and TV writer

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Writing

In 2007, Yu was selected by the

as one of its "5 Under 35", a program which highlights the work of the next generation of fiction writers by asking five previous

fiction Winners and Finalists to select one fiction writer under the age of 35 whose work they find particularly promising and exciting. Yu was selected for the honor by

Short stories

His fiction was cited for special mention in the

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Anthology XXVIII, specifically "Problems for Self-Study" published in the ''

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''. Yu also received the 2004

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Fiction Award from the ''

Mid-American Review ''Mid-American Review'' (''MAR'') is an international literary journal dedicated to publishing contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and translations. Founded in 1981, ''MAR'' is a publication of the Department of English and the College of A ...

'' for his story, "Third Class Superhero". As for editing anthologies, Yu served as the Guest Editor for the ''Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy'' 2017 from ''

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'' and the publisher

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Novels

''How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe''

His first novel, '' How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe'', was published and released in 2010 and was ranked that year's second-best science fiction novel by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the

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— and a runner up for the

Campbell Memorial Award The John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, or Campbell Memorial Award, was an annual award presented to the author of the best science fiction novel published in English in the preceding calendar year. It was given by s ...

. The book was also optioned by film director and writer Chris Columbus' production company,

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. The novel was further listed in ''Time'' magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2010, ''

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'' 100 Notable Books of 2010, and was one of

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's Top 10 SF/F Books for 2010.

''Interior Chinatown''

In 2020, Yu released his second novel, '' Interior Chinatown'', which uses the screenplay format to tell the tale of Willis Wu, the "Generic Asian Man" who is stuck playing "Background Oriental Male" and occasionally "Delivery Guy" in the fictional police procedural ''Black and White'' but who longs to be "Kung Fu Guy" on screens worldwide.Carolyn Kellog, The Washington Post, Charles Yu's ‘Interior Chinatown’ brilliantly skewers Hollywood typecasting, https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/charles-yus-interior-chinatown-brilliantly-skewers-hollywood-typecasting/2020/01/27/4d04be48-3711-11ea-bf30-ad313e4ec754_story.html On January 27, 2020, Yu appeared on ''

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'' to discuss the book, as well as the lack of on-screen representation for Asian Americans and the Asian American "

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myth". Yu further appeared on NPR's ''

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'' with Scott Simon, January 25, 2020, and on the ''

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'' Radio Hour with Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf on February 3, 2020 to further discuss the novel. ''Interior Chinatown'' won the 2020

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and after being announced as a finalist, made the longlist of the 2021

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and was a finalist for the 2020

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. In an interview with

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for ''

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'', Yu remarked that his influences for the novel included

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-winning novel '' The Sellout'' as well as the "cyclical structure" of the film ''

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''.Timothy Tau, INTERIOR CHINATOWN WINS NATIONAL BOOK AWARD: Q&A with Charles Yu, Hyphen Magazine, https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2020/11/interior-chinatown-wins-national-book-award In October 2020,

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announced that they would be adapting the novel into a TV series. In 2022, details emerged that

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would be an executive producer, Jimmy O. Yang would be starring as Willis Wu, and that Yu would be the showrunner. The ten-episode series premiered on

on November 19, 2024.

Screenplays and TV writing

In 2016, Yu was a story editor for ten episodes of the first season of the 2016

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series ''

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'', and co-wrote the episode " Trace Decay". For his work on the show, he received two

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nominations in 2017: Drama Series and New Series. In 2023,

announced Yu was working on the screenplay for his planned adaptation of '' Akira''.

Other writing

Yu's non-fiction, essays, book reviews, journalism and other writing have also appeared online and in print in ''

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'' ( "The Pre-pandemic Universe Was the Fiction"), ''

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'' (various reviews and articles on video games such as '' L.A. Noire'' and ''

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''), ''The Wall Street Journal'' ("Novelist Charles Yu on St. George California Reserve Agricole Rum"), ''Time'' ("What It's Like to Never Ever See Yourself on TV"), ''The Offing'' ("Thirteen Ways of Looking at 45" about the 45th president of the United States,

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), '' The New York Times Style Magazine'' ("George R. R. Martin, Fantasy's Reigning King"), ''

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'' ("What Kind of World Is This?"), '' The Morning News'' ("Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar", a review) and ''

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'' ("What future artificial intelligence will think of our puny human video games"). He is interviewed by and also interviews

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in '' The Believer'' and comments on the work of

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(stating that he has "read more books by Roth than probably any other contemporary writer"),

Don DeLillo Donald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter, and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as consumerism, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, televi ...

, and

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in installments of the "Influenced by" series published by Jaime Clarke in ''The Believer'' as well. He has also written reviews in ''

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'' of books (novels and short story collections) from

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, Joe Hill,

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and John Wray.

Awards and accolades

* 2020: National Book Award for Fiction for the novel ''Interior Chinatown''. *2017: Writers Guild of America Award Nominations: Drama Series and New Series for writing on

's ''

''. * 2011: '' The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy'' for the short story "Standard Loneliness Package", initially published in '' Lightspeed Magazine'' November 2010, Issue 6 * 2010: Second Place,

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for the novel ''How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe'' * 2010: Second Best Science Fiction Novel, from the John Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the

for the novel ''How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe'' * 2007: Named a "5 under 35" honoree by the

Richard Powers Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel ''The Echo Maker'' won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction.Robert Olen Butler Prize for the short story "My Last Days As Me", initially published in ''Sou'wester'' * 2004: Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award for the short story "Third Class Superhero", initially published in ''

'', Vol. XXV, No. 2

Bibliography

Novels

* '' How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe'' (2010, Pantheon ) ** Second Place,

"The John W. Campbell Memorial Award"
Updated 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-25. ** Second Best Sci-Fi Novel, The John Wayne and Elsie M. Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction, The

** One of ''

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'' magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2010 ** One of ''

100 Notable Books of 2010 ** One of

's Top 10 SF/F Books for 2010 * '' Interior Chinatown'' (2020, Pantheon Books. ) ** Winner, 2020

** Longlist, 2021

** Finalist/Shortlisted, 2020

awards

Short story collections

* ''Third Class Superhero'' (2006, Harvest Books ) ** "Third-Class Hero" originally appearing as "Class Three Superhero" in ''

'' , Vol. XXV, No. 2 *** The 2004 Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award from ''

'' ** "My Last Days As Me" originally appearing in ''Sou'wester'' *** Reprinted in the '' Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories 2004'' and a 2005 Robert Olen Butler Prize Winner ** "Problems for Self-Study" originally appearing in ''

'', Issue No. 23 (Fall 2002) (re-published at Harvard Review Online on April 18, 2011) *** Yu's first published story * ''Sorry Please Thank You: Stories'' (2012, Pantheon Books, Random House. )

Uncollected short stories

* "Systems", ''

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'', July 7, 2020 * "Bounty", Xprize ANA "Avatars.Inc" Anthology (eBook and also online), March 2020 * "The Future of Work: Placebo",

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, December 17, 2018 * "America, The Ride", '' Lightspeed'', November 2018, Issue 102 (anthologized in ''Resist: Tales from a Future Worth Fighting Against'', edited by Hugh Howey, Gary Whitta & Christie Yant (Broad Reach Publishing 2018)) * "NPC", '' Lightspeed'', September 2018, Issue 100 (anthologized in ''Press Start to Play'', edited by Daniel H. Wilson & John Joseph Adams (Vintage Books 2015)) * "Bookkeeper, Narrator, Gunslinger", '' Lightspeed'', April 2017, Issue 83 (anthologized in ''Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West'', edited by John Joseph Adams (Titan Books, 2014)) * "Subtext®: It Knows What You're Thinking Stop Thinking", ''

'', December 13, 2016 * "Fable", ''

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'', May 23, 2016, Fiction (May 30, 2016 Issue) * "Re: re: Microwave in the break room doing weird things to fabric of spacetime", ''

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'', November 12, 2015

Non-fiction

Essays

* "The Pre-pandemic Universe Was the Fiction", ''

'', April 15, 2020 * "What It's Like to Never See Yourself on TV", ''

TIME Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

'', January 21, 2020 * "George R. R. Martin, Fantasy's Reigning King", '' The New York Times Style Magazine'', October 15, 2018 * "What Kind of World Is This?", ''

'', September 7, 2018 * "What future artificial intelligence will think of our puny human video games", ''

'', January 9, 2018 * "Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar", '' The Morning News'' * "Thirteen Ways of Looking at 45", ''The Offing'', May 2, 2017 * "Novelist Charles Yu on St. George California Reserve Agricole Rum", ''

The Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' (''WSJ''), also referred to simply as the ''Journal,'' is an American newspaper based in New York City. The newspaper provides extensive coverage of news, especially business and finance. It operates on a subscriptio ...

'', December 26, 2014 * "Gaming Club 2011: I have seen the future, and it is full of noobs like me.",

, December 15, 2011 * "L.A. Noire: The characters in the most realistic video games are still basically puppets.",

, December 14, 2011 * "Portal 2: How playing a video game is like writing fiction.",

, December 13, 2011

Book reviews

* "Short Stories From Joe Hill, Spiked With Mayhem and Evil", NYT Book Review, October 1, 2019 * "Neal Stephenson's New Novel — Part Tech, Part Fantasy — Dazzles", NYT Book Review, June 14, 2019 * "A Brilliantly Funny and Slightly Bonkers New Novel From Jasper Fforde", NYT Book Review, February 28, 2019 * "‘The Lost Time Accidents,’ by John Wray", NYT Book Review, February 21, 2016 * "‘Seveneves,’ by Neal Stephenson", NYT Book Review, May 31, 2015

Teleplays

* " Trace Decay", Season 1, Episode 8,

's ''

'' (co-written with

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) (original airdate: Nov. 20, 2016) *" Dream Logic", Season 1, Episode 9,

's '' Here and Now'' (original airdate: April 8, 2018) * "The Mysteries", Season 1, Episode 6,

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's ''

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'' (original airdate: September 10, 2018) * "Chapter 23", Season 3, Episode 4, FX's ''

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'' (co-written with Olivia Dufault) (original airdate: July 15, 2019) * "Mr. Greer", Season 2, Episode 4,

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's '' Sorry for Your Loss'' (original airdate: October 8, 2019)

References

External links

*
SF Encyclopedia entry

2010 Interview on the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast

2011 radio interview
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