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Ed Park
Park at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Notable workSame Bed Different Dreams
Personal Days
WebsiteOfficial website

Ed Park (born 1970 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist and novelist. He was the executive editor of Penguin Press.

Books

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In May 2008, Park's debut novel Personal Days was published by Random House. It was a finalist for that year's PEN/Hemingway Award, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (then known as the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize), and the Asian American Literary Award. It was also named one of the ten best fiction books of the year by Time.[1]

Park's second novel, Same Bed Different Dreams, was published by Random House[2] in November 2023. Publishers Weekly named it a Top 10 Book of the Year,[3] and The New York Times said, "It’s a challenging read and yet wonderfully suspenseful, like watching a circus performer juggle a dozen torches…A sprawling, stunning novel."[4] It won the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction.[5] On May 6, 2024, Same Bed Different Dreams was announced as a Finalist for 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[6]

Career

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Park was a founding editor of the magazine The Believer in 2003, and has been an editor at the Poetry Foundation, as well as the editor of the Village Voice's Literary Supplement.[1] Beginning in August 2006, soon after he lost his job at the Village Voice, he circulated a PDF-only newsletter called "The New-York Ghost".[7] From 2007 to 2011, he wrote the science-fiction column "Astral Weeks" for the Los Angeles Times.[1] His stories, articles, and humor have appeared in The New Yorker.[8] From 2018 to 2021, he wrote the graphic novel column for the New York Times Book Review.[9]

In 2011, he was hired by Amazon Publishing as a senior editor, where he was in charge of the company's literary side.[10] After hiring him, Amazon later gave him his own imprint, Little A. He earned Amazon a major literary prize while working there.[11] He has written introductions to several books, including Anthony Powell's Afternoon Men,[12] and co-edited three anthologies: Read Hard and Read Harder (both with Heidi Julavits), and Buffalo Noir (with Brigid Hughes).[13] In 2014, it was reported that he had been hired by Penguin Press as executive editor.[11] He has taught in the graduate writing program at Columbia University.[14] He currently teaches at Princeton University.[15]

Personal life

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Park received his English degree from Yale University and his M.F.A. from Columbia University. As of 2014, he lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side with his wife and two sons.[11]

Awards

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2008 Personal Days Center for Fiction First Novel Prize — Shortlisted
2009 PEN/Hemingway Award — Shortlisted
2023 Same Bed Different Dreams Los Angeles Times Book Prize Fiction Won
2024 Pulitzer Prize Fiction Finalist

Bib

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  • —— (2008). Personal Days. Random House.
  • —— (2023). Same Bed Different Dreams. Random House.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "About Ed Park". Ed Park Website. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park: 9780812998979 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  3. ^ "Best Books 2023: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  4. ^ Cain, Hamilton (November 2, 2023). ""Welcome to Ed Park's Many-Layered World"". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Book Prizes » Festival of Books » L.A. Times". Festival of Books. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  6. ^ "Finalist: Same Bed Different Dreams, by Ed Park (Random House)".
  7. ^ Knafo, Saki (25 November 2007). "The Wizard of Whimsy". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Ed Park". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  9. ^ "Introducing The Book Review's New Graphic Novels and Comics Column". The New York Times Company. 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  10. ^ Witt, Emily (22 September 2011). "Believer Editor Ed Park Hired by Amazon Publishing". New York Observer. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  11. ^ a b c Alter, Alexandra (8 November 2014). "Prominent Editor's Exit Is Setback for Amazon Publishing Unit". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. ^ Park, Ed (2014-10-15). "A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  13. ^ "The City of No Illusions - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  14. ^ Kirszner, Laurie (2017). Portable Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, 2016 MLA Update. Cengage Learning. p. 97. ISBN 9781337517775.
  15. ^ "Creative Writing Faculty & Visiting Writers". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
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