to run his family's night market food stall in order to pay his late grandfather's old gambling debts. When he hears about the murder of a betel nut girl and finds out she happens to be his former girlfriend, he begins to investigate. In 2016, Lin released the sequel, also starring the character of Jing-nan entitled Incensed, in which he gets summoned by his uncle, a ruthless gangster, and given an order he can't refuse: to watch over the gangster's rebellious 16-year-old daughter. The third book in the series, 99 Ways to Die, was released in 2018 by Soho Crime, publisher of the previous Taipei Night Market novels. In 2020, Lin wrote, published and released his first young adult novel, David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Unless He Gets into an Ivy League College (Kaya Press). Short stories and serialized fiction He also writes a serialized fiction series, or novel in installments, "Motherfuckerland" for Giant Robot Magazine. He also has published various short stories including "Dave" and "Chinese New Year" (published in The Asian American Literary Review) as well as "Man Vs." (published in Animal Farm) about the show Man v. Food. Film appearances As an actor, Lin played the title character in Derek Nguyen's film The Potential Wives of Norman Mao, which screened at a variety of film festivals including the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, the Hawaii International Film Festival, the NYC Asian American International Film Festival, The LA Shorts Fest, The Raindance Film Festival in London and the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner. He also starred alongside his wife Cindy Cheung in a music video for Magnetic North and Taiyo Na's "Home:Word" directed by Wong Fu Productions. Gaming Lin wrote the story for AR geo-based detective game, Unforgivable: Eliza (). Bibliography Standalone Waylaid (2002) Robert Chow series This Is A Bust (2007) Snakes Can't Run (2010) One Red Bastard (2012) Taipei Night Market series Ghost Month (2014) Incensed (2016) 99 Ways to Die (2018) Death Doesn't Forget (2022) Young Adult fiction David Tung Can't Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College (2020) References External links Ed Lin for President (Official Site) Living people 21st-century American novelists American male film actors American male novelists American writers of Taiwanese descent Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American short story writers Writers from Brooklyn American male short story