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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2022 | Winner |
About This Book
Tom Lin's debut novel is a supernatural Western following a Chinese-American hitman traveling across the frontier to take revenge on the men who murdered his adopted family. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.
About the Author
Tom LinAmerican
Tom Wentao Lin is an American novelist born circa 1996 in Beijing, China, who immigrated to Flushing, Queens, New York City at age four. A graduate of Pomona College, he is pursuing a PhD in English at the University of California, Davis. His debut novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu (2021), a Western featuring a Chinese American outlaw seeking vengeance, won the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, making him the youngest recipient. Read more →
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