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Don Lee

Don Lee is the author of the novels The Collective, Wrack and Ruin, and Country of Origin, and the story collection Yellow. He has received an American Book Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, an O. Henry Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Temple University and splits his time between Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Don Lee

Awards

Winner — Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, 2002

Winner — Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, 2005

Winner — American Book Award, 2005

Books by Don Lee

Wrack and Ruin: A Novel
Don Lee
Hardback, 2012
An exhilarating comic satire with the quirky energy of The Wonder Boys and Sideways.
Yellow: Stories
Don Lee
Paperback, 2002
"Elegant and engrossing...[an] unusually complete portrait of contemporary Asian America."—Los Angeles Times..."A gem....Lee has captured this truth beautifully, wisely, and with winning economy."—...
Country of Origin: A Novel
Don Lee
Paperback, 2005
A dazzling debut novel by the prize-winning author of Yellow, set in the unique and exotic nightworld of Tokyo.
Wrack and Ruin: A Novel
Don Lee
Paperback, 2009
"Lee has outdone himself here. His prose moves and sparkles." —Washington Post
The Collective: A Novel
Don Lee
Hardback, 2012
A sparkling bildungsroman about friendship and betrayal, art and race.
The Collective: A Novel
Don Lee
Paperback, 2013
"Riveting, moving, and—most impressive—agile and resourceful in its approach to race. Don Lee explores that issue from every conceivable angle, raising a thousand questions and undercutting easy...
The Collective: A Novel
Don Lee
E Book, 2012
"Riveting, moving, and—most impressive—agile and resourceful in its approach to race. Don Lee explores that issue from every conceivable angle, raising a thousand questions and undercutting easy...
Wrack and Ruin: A Novel
Don Lee
E Book, 2008
An exhilarating comic satire with the quirky energy of The Wonder Boys and Sideways.
Country of Origin: A Novel
Don Lee
E Book, 2012
A dazzling debut novel by the prize-winning author of Yellow, set in the unique and exotic nightworld of Tokyo.
Yellow: Stories
Don Lee
E Book, 2012
"Elegant and engrossing...[an] unusually complete portrait of contemporary Asian America."—Los Angeles Times..."A gem....Lee has captured this truth beautifully, wisely, and with winning economy."—...