Henry Chang is an American

detective story Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as specu ...

author from New York City. Born and raised in

Chinatown A Chinatown () is an ethnic enclave of Chinese people located outside Greater China, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Austra ...

, Chang bases his ''Detective Jack Yu Series'' primarily in this setting, and his objective "insider's" view influences the development of his stories' settings. His series focuses on the violence and poverty in Chinatown which he witnessed as he grew up. He is a graduate of CCNY. He began writing his first novel whilst working as a director of security for the Trump Organization. In 2011, Chang was honored by Hamilton Madison House, an organization for improving impoverished areas of Manhattan, for his literary contributions to historic Chinatown. He has been featured at the Asian American Literary Festival and has done readings in collaboration with the New Museum's Festival of Ideas for the New City and the

Museum of Chinese in America The Museum of Chinese in America (; abbreviated MOCA) is a museum in New York City which exhibits Chinese American history The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in the United States includes three major waves of C ...

. He lives in Chinatown, Manhattan.

Publications

*''Chinatown Beat'', Book 1 in the ''Detective Yu Series'' 2006, Soho Crime, *''Year of the Dog'', Book 2 in the ''Detective Yu Series'' 2007, Soho Crime, *''Red Jade'', Book 3 in the ''Detective Yu Series'' 2011, Soho Crime, *''Death Money'', Book 4 in the ''Detective Yu Series'' 2014, Soho Crime, *''Lucky'', Book 5 in the ''Detective Yu Series'' 2017, Soho Crime,

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Henry Chang

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chang, Henry Living people 21st-century American novelists American writers of Chinese descent People from Chinatown, Manhattan American mystery writers American male novelists 21st-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) Year of birth missing (living people)