Wayson Choy, the author of the award-winning novel The Jade Peony, has died. The magnificent Wayson Choy ⁦@WritersAtWP⁩ in 2013. It took Choy 18 years to write The Jade Peony, a fact he discussed with Eleanor Wachtel on CBC Radio in 1996. The author of The Jade Peony explains why it took him 18 years to write his novel about Vancouver's Chinatown. — with files from CBC NewsCBC Radio's NXNW celebrates Wayson Choy

Source: CBC News April 28, 2019 20:31 UTC