about the author

Brian Leung was born and raised in San Diego County, a somewhat unlikely location given that his mother was born in Battleground, Washington and his father escaped from China in 1949.  For many years Brian lived in Los Angeles, where he studied the city's kinetic diversity and found his literary voice.

As readers and reviewers alike have commented, the intersections of disparate lives are a hallmark of his fiction. His acclaimed story collection, World Famous Love Acts, shows a remarkable range of characters, each powerfully rendered. A testament to his storytelling, the collection won the Mary McCarthy Award in Short Fiction and the Asian American Literary Award for fiction.

August 24th will see the French edition of  his novel, Lost Men, which amplifies the best qualities of his short fiction and about which Publisher's Weekly writes "Leung gingerly reacquaints an estranged father and son who travel through China in this sagacious and lyrical debut novel."

Since 2000, Brian has taught in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and now in Louisville where he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville.

Brian’s fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in Story, Crazyhorse, Grain, Gulf Coast, Kinesis, The Barcelona Review, Mid-American Review, Salt Hill, Gulf Stream, River City, Runes, The Bellingham Review, Hyphen, Velocity, The Connecticut Review, Blithe House Quarterly, Indiana Review, Crab Orchard Review, Crowd, and in the short story anthology The Habit of Art. He is also the co-author of the non-fiction humor title, Not Another Feel Good Singles Book.

The recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, Brian earned his B.A. and MA. at California State University, and an M.F.A from  Indiana University.