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Alam creates literary and suspenseful fiction with intricate, layered plots. His characters are flawed and compelling, often having their relationships tested by outside forces or societal prejudice. |
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Apostol writes unconventional and complex storylines that explore lofty ideas with a humorous and lyrical tone. Her thought-provoking stories feature characters caught up in the turmoil of Philippine history and political movements that shape their thoughts on art, memory, storytelling, truth, and identity. |
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Divakaruni writes intimate, character-driven books about Indian culture and the experiences of Indians living in America. Her books feature emotionally complex characters, strong female voices, as well as a delicate balance between ordinary life and whimsical elements of folklore and magic. |
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Hoang’s books feature Asian characters, as well as characters on the autism spectrum. Her characters often deal with burdensome family expectations, social challenges, and clashes of culture. |
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Ide’s IQ series stars Isaiaih Quintabe, an interesting and methodical private investigator working in LA. The books are suspenseful, gritty, and filled with an array of characters that bring dimension to these already compelling books. |
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Jin's leisurely paced and lyrical stories contrast with the complicated plots and deep inner lives of his characters. He captures the struggle of Chinese people caught between a revolutionary past and uncertain future with empathy and heart. |
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Jaswal crafts stories with plenty of witty dialogue and intricately plotted situations, set mostly in South Asia. With a focus on families both blood and self-made, her characters and their friends are sympathetic and realistic. |
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Kuang’s historical, Asian-influenced fantasies are richly detailed with complex world-building. Her characters use their own strengths and wits to navigate issues like classism and war. |
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Kwan writes fun and witty novels that are filled with gossip, drama and plenty of glitz. Social status, inheritance, and complicated Asian family dynamics are the main features, as are romantic relationships and overcoming class differences between characters. |
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Lee writes action-packed science fiction and fantasy filled with political intrigue and conflict. She often draws on her Chinese heritage to aid her intricate world-building, to which she adds her signature speculative twist. |
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Liu creates suspenseful, character-driven graphic novels and fiction whose strong heroines drive the plot. Her stories have vivid world-building with Asian influence, magic and supernatural elements, and action-packed plots. |
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Marcelo is a veteran US Army nurse who writes a variety of genres, such as mainstream fiction and relationship-focused fiction. Her heartwarming stories stress the importance of family ties, friendships, and Filipino heritage alongside tropes where opposites attract or couples find a second chance at love. |
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Lee’s fiction covers a wide variety of genres, like suspense and fantasy, with a Christian slant. Her lyrical, complex writing and strong female protagonists make her stories complex and compelling. |
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Ng writes fiction that draws on the various influences of her life such as her immigrant parents, her Midwest American upbringing, and her lifelong love of literature. She has a particular focus in addressing issues of race, multiculturalism, and Asian/Asian American identity. |
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Nguyen uses his family history of escaping the Vietnam War to add complexity to his novels. His characters struggle with and reflect on the consequences of war, betrayal, and changing identities in new countries. |
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Rowland’s mysteries are full of descriptive imagery and well-crafted dialogue that transport readers to different times in history, from feudal Japan to the Victorian era. The characters are fully developed with strong voices and personalities. |
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Tsukiyama writes intimate, character-driven historical fiction set in China and Japan. Her emotionally moving stories tend to focus on individual struggles and complex family drama within tumultuous political and social climates. |
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Umrigar writes moving and intimate stories about friendships, romantic relationships, and family dynamics in contemporary India. Her stories typically feature well-developed female characters forging friendships and making difficult choices amidst personal losses, poverty, and betrayal by loved ones. |
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