Since the publication of Native Speaker, CHANG-RAE LEE has emerged as one of the most respected and brightest literary stars of his generation. His novel A Gesture Life was the winner of numerous awards including the Asian-American Literary Award. Native Speaker was the winner of the Hemingway Foundation/Pen Award for first fiction, and American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Oregon Book Award, the B&N "Discover Great New Writers" Award, and QPB's New Voices Award. Selected by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best writers under forty, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Princeton University.