Kevin Kwan graduated from UH Clear Lake where he studied writing and worked as a creative consultant for two decades before writing Crazy Rich Asians.
was the novel that launched a movie that ultimately, launched a career.
At age 11, everything changed for Kwan. His family moved from Singapore to Clear Lake, a suburb of Greater Houston. “A lot of different studios and producers came calling. They wanted to make Rachel Chu , a white girl, a Caucasian-American girl and they said, well, the only way it's going to work is if she's just white," Kwan said.
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