Han Ong

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Han Ong (born 1968) is an American playwright and novelist. A high-school dropout, he is one of the youngest recipients of a MacArthur Fellowship. Born in the Philippines, Ong moved to the United States at 16. His works, which include the novels ''Fixer Chao'' and ''The Disinherited,'' address such themes as outsiderness, cultural conflict, and class conflict.

"I've written enough now to figure out I have a recurring tendency, which is that a lot of my characters are outsiders", Ong told a reporter after the debut of his second book. "It comes from being an outsider twice over—my queerness and my ethnicity. I think it's a gift, though. In life it may not be a gift, but in art it is." Provided by Wikipedia