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About the Author
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“Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” is Jamie Ford’s first novel and it soared to a New York Times bestseller. He is an award-winning short-story writer. Ford’s great-grandfather Min Chung, a Nevada mining pioneer, emigrated in 1865 from Kaiping China to San Francisco. In San Francisco he took the name Ford. Jamie Ford was raised near Seattle’s Chinatown. Today, he lives in Montana with his wife and children. Learn more about the author at his website, http://www.jamieford.com/. |
Meet author Jamie Ford, who will speak and sign books at these free events.
Arts and Allied Health Building
Pierce College Puyallup
1601 39th Ave. S.E., Puyallup
Friday, April 13, 12 p.m.
Sharon McGavick Conference Center
Clover Park Technical College
4500 Steilacoom Blvd. S.W., Lakewood
Friday, April 13, 7 p.m.
Awards
“Hotel” garnered many awards:
- 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, named #1 Book Club Pick for Fall
- 2009/Winter 2010 by the American Booksellers Association
- 2010 Washington State Book Award Finalist
- 2009 Borders Original Voices Selection
- 2009 Director's Mention, Langum Prize for American Historical Fiction
- 2009 One of BookBrowse's Top 3 Favorite Books
