Born to a Chinese father and Euro-American mother, Brian Leung is a native of San Diego, California. He received an M.F.A in Creative Writing from Indiana University. His fiction and poetry have appeared in Story, Crazyhorse, Grain, Gulf Coast, Kinesis, Mid-American Review, Salt Hill, Gulf Stream, River City, The Bellingham Review, and The Connecticut Review. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge.

PRAISE FOR WORLD FAMOUS LOVE ACTS:

“Each story asks a pointedly difficult question: What happens when we let our most coveted relationships deteriorate under the stress of… living? Leung reveals a plethora of fascinating answers with beautiful, concise prose and unwavering empathy.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“A small town in Washington state that’s about to be turned into a resort; a 4’10” blonde Asian-American adult film star; a supermarket manager who’s duped into a road trip with a serial killer—gay writer Brian Leung weaves these disparate stories into a subtly affecting whole in his new collection, World Famous Love Acts.”
—Instinct Magazine

“In his first book, a collection of remarkable short stories, Leung depicts a dispersion of townsfolk. . . .Each character’s intimate tale hints at traversing spaces—physical, emotional, or cultural—and yet many are connected to the simple, almost mystical town of Blue Falls.”
—Out Magazine