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Ed Park

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Ed Park

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1970-01-01 （Buffalo, New York, U.S.）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Buffalo, New York (birthplace) → Manhattan, Upper West Side, New York City (resident)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Journalist, Editor, Academic
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
The Believer (founding editor), Poetry Foundation (editorial), Village Voice (Literary Supplement editor), Amazon Publishing / Little A (senior editor, imprint), Penguin Press (executive editor), Columbia University (graduate creative writing faculty), Princeton University (teaching)

Education

Yale University
College (English) / Department of English
Degree: BA
Country: United States
Received a BA (exact graduation year unknown)
Columbia University
School of the Arts (MFA) / Creative Writing / Fiction
Degree: MFA
Country: United States
Received an MFA (exact graduation year unknown)

Awards

Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
2008
Work: Personal Days
Organization: The Center for Fiction
Result: Shortlisted
PEN/Hemingway Award
2009
Work: Personal Days
Organization: PEN / The Hemingway Foundation
Result: Shortlisted
Asian American Literary Awards
2008
Work: Personal Days
Organization: Asian American Literary Awards
Result: Shortlisted
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Fiction)
2023
Work: Same Bed Different Dreams
Category: Fiction
Organization: Los Angeles Times
Result: Won
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
2024
Work: Same Bed Different Dreams
Category: Fiction
Organization: Columbia University (Pulitzer Prizes)
Result: Finalist
Asian Pacific American Award (Literature)
2025
Work: Same Bed Different Dreams
Category: Fiction
Organization: APALA (Asian Pacific American Librarians Association)
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Personal Days

2008 Novel

A debut novel that depicts office culture and interpersonal dynamics; it was noted by critics and shortlisted for several debut-novel awards.

workplace cultureinterpersonal relationshipscontemporary society

Same Bed Different Dreams

2023 Novel

An ambitious, multi-layered novel praised by critics; it won the LA Times Book Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

identityfamilycontemporary entertainment industry

An Oral History of Atlantis

2025 Short story collection

A collection of stories addressing digital identity and the strangeness of contemporary life; it drew critical attention.

digital identityalienationmemory and storytelling

Bibliography

  • Personal Days (2008)
  • Same Bed Different Dreams (2023)
  • An Oral History of Atlantis (2025)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary voice mixing humor and ironyLayered plotting with shifting perspectives
Recurring Motifs
workplace and bureaucracyidentity and self-perceptionmedia and entertainment

Legacy

A figure who combines a career as an editor with recognized achievements as a writer. He contributes to student education and is regarded as an important voice in contemporary American literature.

Quotes

  • “It’s a challenging read and yet wonderfully suspenseful.”
    Source: The New York Times (review of Same Bed Different Dreams) (2023)

Trivia

  • Was a founding editor of The Believer in 2003.
  • Worked as a senior editor at Amazon Publishing and ran the Little A imprint.
  • Teaches at Princeton University.