Author Charles Yu on Tour for New Novel: “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe”


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Taiwanese American author Charles Yu received the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award for his story collection Third Class Superhero, and he has also received the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award. His work has been published in the Harvard Review, The Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review, and Mid-American Review, among other journals.

His critically-acclaimed and highly anticipated new novel, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, will be available starting September 7, 2010.

Check out these recent reviews & interviews:

suduvu.com
io9.com
thedailybeast.com

Want to catch him in person? Here are his scheduled readings / book signings:

9/20/2010 7:30 PM
SKYLIGHT BOOKS reading/launch party
1818 N. VERMONT AVE.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90027

9/21/2010 7 PM
CERRITOS PUBLIC LIBRARY
18025 BLOOMFIELD AVE
CERRITOS, CA 90703

9/22/2010 7 PM
UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE
4326 UNIVERSITY WAY NE
SEATTLE, WA 98106-5809

9/22/2010 4:00 PM
ELLIOTT BAY BOOK CO
1521 10th Ave
SEATTLE, WA 98104

9/23/2010 7:30 PM
POWELL’S BOOKS
1005 W BURNSIDE
PORTLAND, OR 97209

9/24/2010 7 PM
BOOKS INC
1760 4TH ST
BERKELEY, CA 94710

9/27/2010 7 PM
MCNALLY JACKSON BOOKSELLERS
52 PRINCE STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10012

9/28/2010 7 PM
BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH
279 HARVARD STREET
BROOKLINE, MA 02446

10/9/2010 2 PM
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY
7051 CLAIREMONT MESA BLVD #302
SAN DIEGO, CA 92111

For updates or other scheduled readings, visit:
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=117447&view=event

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