Brian Leung (author)
Brian Leung | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | California State University, Los Angeles (BA, MA) Indiana University Bloomington (MFA) |
| Writing career | |
| Language | English |
| Genre | fiction |
| Notable awards | Asian American Literary Award (2005)Mary McArthy Award for ShortFiction (2004)Willa Award for Historical Fiction (2011) |
| Website | readbrianleung |
Brian Leung is an American fiction writer, whose short story collection World Famous Love Acts won the 2005 Asian American Literary Award for fiction and the Mary McCarthy Award in Short Fiction.[1] He has also written three novels.
Personal background
Leung was born and grew up in San Diego County, California, to a Chinese father who had immigrated to the United States and a mother from Battleground, Washington.[1]
He attended California State University, Los Angeles,[2] where he earned a B.A. and MA.. He then attended Indiana University Bloomington, where he earned an MFA.[3]
He won the Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize, presented by the Lambda Literary Awards, in 2012.[4]
Published works
Leung has written the following books:[5]
- World Famous Love Acts, Sarabande Books, 2004. ISBN 978-1-889330-16-7
- Lost Men: A Novel, Three Rivers Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-307-35165-4
- Take Me Home: A Novel, HarperCollins, 2010. ISBN 0-06-176907-X
- Ivy Vs. Dogg: With A Cast Of Thousands!, C&R Press, 2018 ISBN 1936196638
- All I Should Not Tell, C&R Press, 2021 ISBN 9781949540192
- A Terrifying Brush with Optimism: New and Selected Stories, Sarabande Books, 2025. ISBN 1956046313
References
- 1 2 "Brian Leung: About the Author: HarperCollins Publishers". Harpercollins.com. March 24, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Cal State LA Today" (PDF). Fall 2004.
- ↑ "Brian Leung Online". readbrianleung.info. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
- ↑ Stacey D’Erasmo and Brian Leung Named 2012 Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize Winners. Lambda Literary Foundation, May 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Brian Leung Online". Readbrianleung.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
Categories:
- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American male novelists
- 21st-century American LGBTQ people
- American novelists of Chinese descent
- Writers from California
- American gay writers
- American LGBTQ people of Asian descent
- American LGBTQ novelists
- American male short story writers
- California State University, Los Angeles, alumni
- Indiana University Bloomington alumni
- Purdue University faculty
- University of Louisville faculty
- People from San Diego County, California