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Singaporean-American author
Kevin  Kwan

early cover for 'Crazy Rich Asians' 2013 novel              short profile

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             poster for 'Crazy Rich Asians' 2018 hit movie


"The only thing crazier than love is family" — "Crazy Rich Asians" movie tagline

"God forbid we lose the ancient Chinese tradition of guilting your children."
— line from the "Crazy Rich Asians" movie


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Kevin Kwan official website
Kevin Kwan entry at Wikipedia
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Kevin Kwan credits at Internet Movie Database


Primary  Works
For several weeks in 2018, the "Crazy Rich Asians" trilogy commanded the top three positions of the New York Times bestseller list.
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"Crazy Rich Asians: A Novel" [2013]
Crazy Rich Asians debut novel by Kevin Kwan  international bestseller; an outrageously funny novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season
Kindle Edition from Anchor Books/Random House [6/2013] for $9.99
Anchor Books 8x5½ pb [5/2014] for $9.60
Allen & Unwin movie tie-in 7½x5 pb [7/2018] for $10.98
Anchor Books movie tie-in 8x5 pb [7/2018] for $11.00
book entry at Wikipedia • see hit movie adaptation below
"Askin Çincesi" [2014]
Turkish-language Altin Kitaplar 8½x5¼ pb [2014] for $14.81
"Bajecznie Bogaci Azjaci" [2015]
Polish-language Znak Litera Nova 8x5¾ pb [2015] for $39.73 {sic}
"Locos, Ricos y Asiáticos: La Novela" [2018]
Spanish-language Kindle Edition from Suma Intl/Penguin Random House [9/2018] for $9.99
Spanish-language Suma Intl 9x6 pb [9/2018] for $19.95
"Asiáticos Podres de Ricos: Romance" [2018]
Portuguese/Brazilian-language Record 9x6 pb [2018] for $47.97 {sic}
"Crazy Rich a Singapour: Roman" [2018]
French-language French & European Publns 9x6 pb [8/2018] for $44.95 {sic}

"China Rich Girlfriend: A Novel" [2015]
China Rich Girlfriend novel by Kevin Kwan  New York Times bestseller; Rachel and Nick are getting married in California; Rachel meets her biological father, who invites the couple to honeymoon in Shanghai . . .
Kindle Edition from Anchor Books/Random House [6/2015] for $11.99
Anchor Books mass pb [5/2016] for $11.47
Anchor Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2016] for $10.13
Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2015] out of print/used
book entry at Wikipedia

"Rich People Problems: A Novel" [2017]
Rich People Problems novel by Kevin Kwan  New York Times bestseller; matriarch Su Yi has a heart attack and is likely on her deathbed; Nick agrees to reconcile with his grandmother, while others in the family maneuver to inherit something, with much ado about the massive Tyersall Park estate . . .
Kindle Edition from Anchor Books/Random House [5/2017] for $11.99
Anchor Books mass pb [7/2018] for $15.27 {sic}
Anchor Books 8x5 pb [5/2018] for $10.17
Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2017] for $21.94
book entry at Wikipedia
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Sex and Vanity 2020 novel by Kevin Kwan  "Sex and Vanity: A Novel" [2020] by Kevin Kwan  6/2020
a young Asian-American woman finds herself torn between two men: the WASPy fiancé of her family's dreams and George Zao, the man she is desperately trying to avoid falling in love with
Kindle Edition from Doubleday/Random House [6/2020] for $13.99
Doubleday 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2020] for $18.89


Other  Works

I Was Cuba coffeetable book edited by Kevin Kwan  "I Was Cuba: Treasures From The Ramiro Fernandez Collection" [2007]
Edited by Kevin Kwan, Text by Reinaldo Arenas, Introduction by Peter Castro

Chronicle Books 6½x10 hardcover [10/2007] out of print/many used
Chronicle Books 6½x10 hardcover [10/2007] out of print/used
Luck The Essential Guide by Deborah Aaronson & Kevin Kwan  "Luck: The Essential Guide" [2008]
by Deborah Aaronson & Kevin Kwan

Kindle Edition from HarperCollins e-books [10/2010] for $12.49
William Morrow hardcover [5/2008] for $20.38


Movies, Other Media
Kevin Kwan credits at Internet Movie Database

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"Crazy Rich Asians" [Warner Bros. Pictures Aug 2018]
TIME Magazine cover story about the 'Crazy Rich Asians' movie  Filmed in Malaysia and Singapore; same basic story as the book, with several invented major scenes and a different ending
Directed by Jon M. Chu; screenplay by Peter Chiarelli & Adele Lim, based on the novel by {exec producer} Kevin Kwan; music by Brian Tyler; starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Harry Shum Jr., Ken Jeong, Kheng Hua Tan, Sonoya Mizuno, Chris Pang, Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, Remy Hii, Nico Santos, Jing Lusi, Carmen Soo, Pierre Png, Fiona Xie, Victoria Loke, Janice Koh, Amy Cheng, Chieng Mun Koh, Calvin Wong, Constance Lau, Selena Tan, Kris Aquino
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDbofficial movie websitemovie entry at Wikipedia
watch 4/2018 official trailer [2:24] online at YouTube
TIME Magazine 15 August 2018 cover story

Crazy Rich Asians soundtrack album on CD  music from the movie by Brian Tyler
soundtrack: WaterTower Music soundtrack CD [9/2018] for $13.98
soundtrack MP-3: WaterTower Music MP3 soundtrack album download [8/2018] 14 tracks for $11.49
film score: WaterTower Music music CD [8/2018] 24 tracks for $12.99

Untitled Kevin Kwan/Amazon Project
latest info at IMDb

"The Emperor of Malibu" TV series pilot episode [Warner Bros. TV/CBS-TV]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt9214708/

sequel "China Rich Girlfriend" [in pre-production; DUE 2021?]
Announced 7/2018: Work on the screenplay for the sequel is already begun by Kevin Kwan.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt9115110/

sequel "Rich People Problems" [in pre-production; DUE 2022?]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt9398578/

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it is predictable that each book will be made into a Broadway musical, but evidence has yet to appear (2020)


Works About Kevin Kwan

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Image  Gallery

color photograph of author Kevin Kwan         main cast members of the 'Crazy Rich Asians' 2018 hit movie                  


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Kevin Kwan official website
Kevin Kwan entry at Wikipedia
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Kevin Kwan credits at Internet Movie Database



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