NYT bestselling author of PORTRAIT OF A THIEF + ANATOMY OF A BETRAYAL (up next!). Harvard EM, Stanford Med, Texan.

Boston, MA
Joined August 2016
my debut novel PORTRAIT OF A THIEF is out now! this is the asian american art heist of my wildest dreams, featuring: - college students stealing back looted art - f&f-esque street races - a critique of western imperialism what a joy it is to share this story with the world 😭🎉
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goodreads wrapped (the 2025 edit):
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I know there was (finally) a Goodreads wrapped this year but My Year in Books delivers a flawless bookish wrapped that continues to serve year after year get yours: myyearinbooks.com
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goodreads wrapped, 2024 edition:
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Continuing the countdown to launch with more nice things that smart and successful and beautiful people have said about The Teller of Small Fortunes... Thank you to NYT bestselling author @gracedli (Portrait of a Thief) for one of the earliest blurbs I received!
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YES. There was a great exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art called “Guarding the Art”, where the entire collection was curated by the museum docents and guards (almost all people of color). They are the folks who spend the most time with the art, yet their wisdom is ignored!
Black and brown employees often labor in art spaces as docents, safeguarding artworks while providing guidance and answering the questions of museum patrons. They are central to the functioning of museums, but their presences are overlooked and their contributions to our experience in museums are rendered invisible. Artist Deni Wohlgemuth-Ponty, however, made this black docent the subject of his painting "ArtGuard2000." He is flanked by seemingly canonical artworks filled with white figuration. Ponty suggests that this coy figure also deserves our contemplation and scholarly attention. Another notable example of acknowledging the significance of docents is evident in the work of artist Fred Wilson, who has always been conscious of the labor performed by black and brown museum employees. He incorporated them into his groundbreaking 1992 exhibtion "Mining the Museum" at the former Maryland Historical Society and in "Guarded Views"—his contribution to the 1994 "Black Male" exhibtion at the @whitneymuseum.
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Grace Li retweeted
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Leave to to a CS major to actually make the Goodreads Year in Reading actually, y'know. GOOD. (I swear they actively make their website worse every year) This is great!! Finally a wrapped I can participate in 📚
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A big thank you to @gracedli's brother for creating the thing every goodreads user was wishing for myyearinbooks.com! Also, for introducing us all to her book Portrait of a Thief, which has been added to my Want To Read list 📚
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TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE have used my brother's goodreads wrapped oh my god
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i am overjoyed about this, he is on his laptop mumbling something about action computes
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also lmaoooo every time his smartwatch vibrates it's either an email about a bug or someone sending him a coffee and he has no way of knowing which it'll be
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this is actually the cutest thing i have ever seen
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the season for spotify wrapped is over, the season for GOODREADS WRAPPED IS IN myyearinbooks.com/
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⚡️ COVER REVEAL ⚡️ the day has finally arrived. I'm thrilled to share the cover of ROAD TO RUIN, my debut science fantasy out from @SagaPressBooks on 5/14/24! preorder now!! S&S: bit.ly/preorder-rtr Amazon: bit.ly/rtr-amazon B&N: bit.ly/rtr-bn
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My work in 2019
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Researchers gave homeless people $750 per month for a year, no questions asked. The recipients spent the money on food, housing, transportation, clothing, and health care. And after six months, only 12% of those who received funds were still homeless. latimes.com/california/story…
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