
Ed Lin
Author · 11 books
Ed Lin is a journalist by training and an all-around stand-up kinda guy. He's the author of several books: Waylaid, his literary debut, and his Robert Chow crime series, set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown: This Is a Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Lin lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung.
Series
Books

Snakes Can't Run
2010

Ghost Month
2014

Waylaid
2001

One Red Bastard
2012

Death Doesn't Forget
2022

This Is a Bust
2007

Incensed
2016

The Dead Can't Make a Living
2026

The Usual Santas
A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers
2016

99 Ways to Die
2018

David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Unless He Gets Into an Ivy League College
2020