Jamie Ford  Jamie Ford (born July 9, 1968) is an American author. He is best known for his debut novel, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet." The book spent 130 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, and was also awarded best "Adult Fiction" book at the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. The book was also named the #1 Book Club Pick for Fall 2009/Winter 2010 by the American Booksellers Association. In 2013, Ford released his second book, "Songs of Willow Frost." His stories have also been included in "" and The Apocalypse Triptych, a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction where Ford wrote Asian-themed steampunk. The collections were edited by John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey. Jamie Ford was born on July 9, 1968, in Eureka, California, but grew up in Ashland, Oregon, and Port Orchard and Seattle, Washington. His father, a Seattle native, is of Chinese ancestry, while Ford’s mother is of European descent. His Western last name "Ford" comes from his great grandfather, Min Chung (1850-1922), who immigrated to Tonopah, Nevada in 1865 and later changed his name to William Ford. Ford's great grandmother, Loy Lee Ford, was the first Chinese woman to own property in Nevada. Ford earned a degree in Design from the Art Institute of Seattle and also attended Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts. Ford is best known for his debut novel, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet." The book received positive reviews after its release, and was also awarded best "Adult Fiction" book at the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature. In 2013, he released his second book, "Songs of Willow Frost." In 2017, his third novel, "Love and other Consolation Prizes" was released. In 2018, ArtsFund presented him with their annual award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts. Ford’s first book, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," was published on 1 February 2009. The novel received numerous awards after its publication. The most notable awards came in 2010, when the book was the winner in the "Adult Fiction" category at the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and was a runner-up for the 2009 Langum Prize for historical fiction. It was also named the #1 Book Club Pick for Fall 2009/Winter 2010 by the American Booksellers Association.