Ed Park (born 1970 in

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) is an American journalist and novelist. He was the executive editor of

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Books

In May 2008, Park's debut novel ''Personal Days'' was published by

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. It was a finalist for that year's

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, the

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(then known as the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize), and the Asian American Literary Award. It was also named one of the ten best fiction books of the year by ''

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''. Park's second novel, ''Same Bed Different Dreams'', was published by Random House in November 2023. ''

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'' named it a Top 10 Book of the Year, and ''The New York Times'' said, "It’s a challenging read and yet wonderfully suspenseful, like watching a circus performer juggle a dozen torches…A sprawling, stunning novel." It won the 2023 ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Fiction. On May 6, 2024, ''Same Bed Different Dreams'' was announced as a Finalist for 2024

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Career

Park was a founding editor of the magazine '' The Believer'' in 2003, and has been an editor at the

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, as well as the editor of the ''

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''s Literary Supplement. Beginning in August 2006, soon after he lost his job at the ''Village Voice'', he circulated a PDF-only newsletter called "The New-York Ghost". From 2007 to 2011, he wrote the

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column "Astral Weeks" for the ''

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''. His stories, articles, and humor have appeared in ''The New Yorker''. From 2018 to 2021, he wrote the graphic novel column for the ''New York Times Book Review''. In 2011, he was hired by

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as a senior editor, where he was in charge of the company's literary side. After hiring him, Amazon later gave him his own imprint, Little A. He earned Amazon a major literary prize while working there. He has written introductions to several books, including

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's ''Afternoon Men'', and co-edited three anthologies: ''Read Hard'' and ''Read Harder'' (both with

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), and ''Buffalo Noir'' (with Brigid Hughes). In 2014, it was reported that he had been hired by Penguin Press as executive editor. He has taught in the graduate writing program at

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. He currently teaches at Princeton University.

Personal life

Park received his English degree from

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and his M.F.A. from

. As of 2014, he lives on

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with his wife and two sons.

Awards

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