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Ed Park

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Ed Park
Park at the 2023 Texas Book Festival
Born1970 (age 55–56)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
Columbia University (MFA)
Notable workPersonal Days
Same Bed Different Dreams
AwardsLA Times Book Prize (2023)
WebsiteOfficial website

Ed Park (born 1970 in Buffalo, New York) is an American journalist and novelist. He was the executive editor of Penguin Press. He is the author of the novel Same Bed Different Dreams, which was a finalist for 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[1]

Early life and education

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Park grew up in Buffalo, New York. He received his English degree from Yale University and his M.F.A. from Columbia University.[2][3]

Career

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Park was a founding editor of the magazine The Believer in 2003, and has been an editor at the Poetry Foundation, as well as the editor of the Village Voice's Literary Supplement.[4] Beginning in August 2006, soon after he lost his job at the Village Voice, he circulated a PDF-only newsletter called "The New-York Ghost".[5] From 2007 to 2011, he wrote the science-fiction column "Astral Weeks" for the Los Angeles Times.[4] His stories, articles, and humor have appeared in The New Yorker.[6] From 2018 to 2021, he wrote the graphic novel column for the New York Times Book Review.[7]

In 2011, he was hired by Amazon Publishing as a senior editor, where he was in charge of the company's literary side.[8] After hiring him, Amazon later gave him his own imprint, Little A. He earned Amazon a major literary prize while working there.[2] He has written introductions to several books, including Anthony Powell's Afternoon Men,[9] and co-edited three anthologies: Read Hard and Read Harder (both with Heidi Julavits), and Buffalo Noir (with Brigid Hughes).[10] In 2014, it was reported that he had been hired by Penguin Press as executive editor.[2]

He has taught in the graduate writing program at Columbia University.[11] He currently teaches at Princeton University.[12][13]

Books

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Park's debut novel, Personal Days, was published by Random House in May 2008. It was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Hemingway Award, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (then known as the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize), and the Asian American Literary Award.[14][15] It was also named one of the ten best fiction books of the year by Time.[4]

Park's second novel, Same Bed Different Dreams, was published by Random House in November 2023.[16] Publishers Weekly named it a "Top 10 Book of the Year."[17] The New York Times said, "It's a challenging read and yet wonderfully suspenseful, like watching a circus performer juggle a dozen torches…A sprawling, stunning novel."[16] The book won the 2023 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction.[18][19] It won the 2024-2025 Asian American Literary Award.[20] On May 6, 2024, Same Bed Different Dreams was announced as a finalist for 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[1]

Park's debut story collection, An Oral History of Atlantis, was published by Random House in July 2025.[21]

His memoir, Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties, is set to be released August 11, 2026.[22] Originally written in 1998, and thought to be lost, the manuscript was rediscovered by Park in 2020.[23]

Personal life

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As of 2014, he lives on Manhattan's Upper West Side with his wife and two sons.[2]

Awards

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Year Work Award Category Result Ref
2008 Personal Days Center for Fiction First Novel Prize —Shortlisted [24]
2009 PEN/Hemingway Award —Shortlisted [14]
2023 Same Bed Different Dreams Los Angeles Times Book Prize FictionWon [19]
2024 Pulitzer Prize FictionFinalist [1]
2025 Asian American Literary Award Adult Fiction Won [20]

Bibliography

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Novels

  • —— (2008). Personal Days. Random House. ISBN 9780812978575.
  • —— (2023). Same Bed Different Dreams. Random House. ISBN 9780812988321.

Short story collection

Memoir

  • —— (2026). Three Tenses: A Transmission from the Nineties. Random House. ISBN 9798217154944.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Finalist: Same Bed Different Dreams, by Ed Park (Random House)".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Alter, Alexandra (8 November 2014). "Prominent Editor's Exit Is Setback for Amazon Publishing Unit". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "A Conversation with Ed Park". Booth. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  4. 1 2 3 "About Ed Park". Ed Park Website. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Knafo, Saki (25 November 2007). "The Wizard of Whimsy". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ed Park". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  7. ↑ "Introducing The Book Review's New Graphic Novels and Comics Column". The New York Times Company. 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  8. ↑ Witt, Emily (22 September 2011). "Believer Editor Ed Park Hired by Amazon Publishing". New York Observer. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Park, Ed (2014-10-15). "A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  10. ↑ "The City of No Illusions - Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  11. ↑ Kirszner, Laurie (2017). Portable Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing, 2016 MLA Update. Cengage Learning. p. 97. ISBN 9781337517775.
  12. ↑ "Creative Writing Faculty & Visiting Writers". Lewis Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  13. ↑ "Ed Park Blends Reality and Fantasy". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  14. 1 2 "List of PEN /Hemingway Winners". The Hemingway Society. The Ernest Hemingway Foundation. 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
  15. ↑ "2009 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award Winners". fictiondb.com. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  16. 1 2 Cain, Hamilton (November 2, 2023). "Welcome to Ed Park's Many-Layered World". The New York Times.
  17. ↑ "Best Books 2023: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  18. ↑ "Book Prizes » Festival of Books » L.A. Times". Festival of Books. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  19. 1 2 "2023 LA Times Book Prize Winners". Locus Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  20. 1 2 "Literature Awards – APALA". Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  21. ↑ "Review | These bold stories capture the strangeness of digital identity". The Washington Post. 2025-07-30. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  22. ↑ "Three Tenses by Ed Park". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  23. ↑ "Interview: Ed Park, author of An Oral History of Atlantis". Speculative Shelf. Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  24. ↑ "2008 First Novel Prize". The Center for Fiction. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2025.
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