Kevin Nguyen's ’09 first novel New Waves (One World, 2020) is the story of two frustrated millennials at an internship startup--one Black, one Asian--who conspire to steal the firm's customer database. The book earned star reviews from Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and plaudits from the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, which wrote that Nguyen "captures beautifully the subtle strains of being disenfranchised, poor, and lonely in New York. NPR named it as one of its "favorite books of the year."
English minor Hallie Bateman ’11 is an illustwriter based in Los Angeles. She is the author of Brave New Work and co-author of What To Do When I’m Gone. Her first book, Directions: Really Good Advice for Getting from Here to There, was published in 2021.
