Y. Z. Chin

Y. Z. Chin is a Malaysian-born writer living in the United States.[1]

Early life and education

Chin 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

Chin'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

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