David Wong Louie

David Wong Louie was born in Rockville Centre, New York on December 20, 1954. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Vassar College in 1977 and a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Iowa in 1981. He taught writing at the University of Iowa, Vassar College, and colleges in the University of California system before settling at U.C.L.A. His short story collection, Pangs of Love, was published in 1991 and won awards from The Los Angeles Times and the literary journal Ploughshares for best first book. His novel, The Barbarians Are Coming, was published in 2000. He died of throat cancer on September 19, 2018 at the age of 63.