Charles Yu (Chinese: 游朝凯; pinyin: Yóu Cháokǎi) is a is an American author, lawyer and writer on the American Born Chinese series on Disney+.
General overview[]
He is the author of the novels How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe and Interior Chinatown, as well as the short-story collections Third Class Superhero and Sorry Please Thank You. In 2007 he was named a "5 under 35" honoree by the National Book Foundation.[1] In 2020, his book Interior Chinatown won the National Book Award for fiction.[2] Together with TaiwaneseAmerican.org, he has also sponsored the Betty L. and Jin C. Yu Creative Writing Prizes for Students.[3] In 2016, Yu was a story editor for ten episodes of the first season of the 2016 HBO series Westworld, and co-wrote the episode "Trace Decay". For his work on the show, he received two Writers Guild of America Award Nominations in 2017: Drama Series and New Series.[4]
On October 4, 2021, it was reported that Disney+ had greenlit the adaptation of Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel and ordered it straight to series with Destin Daniel Crettonn attached to direct. Yu and his brother Kelvin Yu were announced as writers of the series.[5]
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External links[]
Charles Yu on the Internet Movie Database
Charles Yu on Wikipedia
References[]
- ↑ Discover the 5 Under 35 Honorees - National Book.org
- ↑ Charles Yu Wins National Book Award for ‘Interior Chinatown’ - NY Times
- ↑ About Charles Yu - Personal website
- ↑ 2017 Writers Guild Awards Television, New Media, News, Radio, & Promotional Writing Nominations Announced - WGA
- ↑ Disney+ Greenlights ‘American Born Chinese’ Series From Melvin Mar, Kelvin Yu & Jake Kasdan; ‘Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton To Direct - Deadline