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Eddy Boudel Tan

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Eddy Boudel Tan has been a finalist for the Edmund White Award, the ReLit Best Novel Award, and the Ferro-Grumley Award for his novels After Elias and The Rebellious Tide. He was named a Rising Star by Writers’ Trust of Canada in 2021. His short stories can be found in Joyland, Yolk, and various literary journals and anthologies. The Tiger and the Cosmonaut from Penguin Canada is his third novel. Follow Eddy on Instagram (@eddyautomatic) and at eddyboudeltan.com.

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	Queer Little Nightmares by David Ly (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel Zomparelli (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eddy Boudel Tan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.57 avg rating — 1,491 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tiger and the Cosmonaut 4.16 avg rating — 531 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Elias 4.07 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rebellious Tide 3.80 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirits Have Nothing to Do with Us: New Chinese Canadian Fiction by Dan K. Woo (Editor), Bingji Ye (Contributor), Ellen Chang-Richardson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Tiger and the Cosmonaut

My latest novel, The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, is now available in print, ebook, and audio. It follows a family who has been manipulated over the years and who decide they've had enough.

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“Elias, I want you to know that I loved you. Despite your flaws. Despite your secrets.”
― Eddy Boudel Tan, After Elias

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“No matter how different we are, we’ll always be bound together by what we’ve endured.”
― Eddy Boudel Tan, The Tiger and the Cosmonaut

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“It was funny how some things could be seen more clearly in a reflection than in reality.”
― Eddy Boudel Tan, The Rebellious Tide

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