Jamie Ford is the great-grandson of Nevada mining pioneer, Min Chung, who emigrated from Hoiping, China to San Francisco in 1865, where he adopted the western name “Ford,” thus confusing countless generations.
His debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, spent two-and-a-half years on the New York Times bestseller list and went on to win the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. Recently, that same novel has been optioned for a Broadway musical, and also for film, with George Takei serving as Executive Producer.
His second book, Songs of Willow Frost, was also a national bestseller. Jamie’s third novel, Love and Other Consolations Prizes, was named one of the Best Historical Fiction Novels of 2017 by Library Journal.
His work has been translated into 35 languages. (He’s still holding out for Klingon, because that’s when you know you’ve made it).
When not writing or giving talks that he describes as “literary vaudeville,” he can be found tweeting @jamieford and posting on Instagram @jamiefordofficial.