Eddy Boudel Tan

Eddy Boudel Tan is a Canadian writer from Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] whose 2020 debut novel After Elias was a finalist for the 2021 ReLit Award for fiction.[2]

Inspired by the Germanwings Flight 9525,[3] After Elias centres on a gay man coping with the death of his husband-to-be in a plane crash just days before their wedding.[4]

Boudel Tan was one of five writers named to the Writers' Trust of Canada's annual Rising Stars mentorship program in 2021.[5] In July he published his second novel, The Rebellious Tide.[6]

Boudel Tan, openly gay, is the son of immigrants from Brunei.[3]

References
  1. Brett Josef Grubisic, "Review: Boudel Tan delivers a story that’s enticing and smile-inducing". Vancouver Sun, July 30, 2021.
  2. Ryan Porter, "ReLit announces 2021 winners in third week of month-long celebration". Quill & Quire, April 23, 2021.
  3. Gail Johnson, "Stir Q&A: Modern queer tragedy After Elias picks up the pieces after a soon-to-be-married pilot flies his plane into the sea". Stir, November 19, 2020.
  4. Becky Toyne, "Fall books preview: Plan a reading marathon with these 68 best picks". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2020.
  5. Vicky Qiao, "5 Canadian emerging writers named Writer's Trust 2021 Rising Stars". CBC Books, May 5, 2021.
  6. "21 Canadian books we can't wait to read in July". CBC Books, July 7, 2021.


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