Andrew X. Pham
Andrew X. Pham is a Vietnamese-American writer born in Vietnam who fled with his family by boat in 1975, spending time in a refugee camp before settling in California.
He graduated with a degree in aerospace engineering but left that career to pursue cycling and writing.
Pham's memoir Catfish and Mandala won the Pacific Rim Book Prize in 1999.
He later published The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars (2009) and a cookbook, The Culinary Odyssey (2012).
He also worked as a food critic for five years and reportedly built his own home by hand, showcasing diverse talents beyond writing.
