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In his work American novelist, short story writer and essayist Alexander Chee draws heavily on his early years as a biracial child in a predominantly white community, and his sexuality - he was the first openly gay Korean American author.
The Associate Professor of English and award-winning writer has produced two thought-provoking novels - Edinburgh and Queen of the Night - and his latest publication is a series of essays called How to Write an Autobiographical Novel.
They range from lists of hints for writers to candid writing about personal memories he'd suppressed for decades.
Alexander Chee is a guest at the upcoming Auckland Writers Festival, Lynn Freeman asked him how attitudes towards homosexuality have changed since he started writing about it.
