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Matthew Salesses

Biography

Matthew Salesses

Matthew Salesses is the author of THE SENSE OF WONDER, the national bestseller CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD, the 2021 finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction DISAPPEAR DOPPELGÄNGER DISAPPEAR and two other novels. Adopted from Korea, he has written about adoption, race and Asian American masculinity in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2020, NPR’s "Code Switch," the New York Times blog Motherlode, and The Guardian, among other media outlets. BuzzFeed has named him one of 32 Essential Asian American Writers. He lives in New York City, where he is an Assistant Professor of Writing at Columbia University.

Matthew Salesses

Books by Matthew Salesses

The Sense of Wonder
by Matthew Salesses - Fiction

When Won Lee, the first Asian American in the NBA, stuns the world in a seven-game winning streak, the global media audience dubs it “The Wonder” --- much to Won’s chagrin. Meanwhile, Won struggles to get attention from his coach, his peers, his fans and, most importantly, his hero, Powerball!, who also happens to be his teammate and the captain. Covering it all is sportswriter Robert Sung, who writes about Won's stardom while grappling with his own missed hoops opportunities, as well as his place as an Asian American in media. And to witness it all is Carrie Kang, a big studio producer, who juggles a newfound relationship with Won while attempting to bring K-drama to an industry not known to embrace anything new or different.