Shawn Wong’s second novel, American Knees, was made into an award-winning movie titled “Americanese”. Wong’s first novel, Homebase, won both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the 15th Annual Governor’s Writers Day Award of Washington. He is also the co-editor and editor of six Asian American and American multicultural literary anthologies including the pioneering anthology Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers. He is currently a Professor in the Department of English and Department of Cinema & Media Studies. He has served as Chair of the Department of English, Director of the Creative Writing Program and, Director of the University Honors Program.