David Wong Louie

David Wong Louie (Chinese: 雷祖威; pinyin: Léi Zǔwēi; born 1954) is an American writer of novels and short stories. He received an M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts) in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa in 1981 and a B.A. from Vassar College in 1977. He teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles. Pangs of Love received the 1991 First Fiction Award from the Los Angeles Times and the John C. Zacharis First Book Award from Ploughshares. It was also named a Notable Book by the New York Times and a Voice Literary Supplement Favorite. The Barbarians are Coming won the Shirley Collier Prize. In 2001, he was awarded a Lannan Literary Fellowship. He has also had a fellowship with the National Foundation for the Arts. from March 2008: