Business, Memoir, Mystery, Self Help
Under the pseudonym HC Chan, former journalist/big-tech cog Vera Chan stretches the definition of noir — corporate noir (Murderer's Feast, MIDNIGHT HOUR), Chinese music-school noir (Tone Deaf, TALES OF MUSIC, MURDER & MAYHEM: BOUCHERCON), domestic noir (These Poor Mothers, Los Angeles Review 2023 short fiction award) and stand-up noir (PUNCHLINE in a forthcoming issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine). Chan also headed the editorial team behind WORKING THE WAY: MARTIAL ARTISTS ON THEIR CAREER JOURNEYS, an inspirational community memoir celebrating the world-renowned University of California Martial Arts Program at Berkeley and generations of black belts. Comments from a judge for the 33rd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards praised WORKING THE WAY as “exemplary in its structure, organization, and pacing” with diverse essayists — from fields such as diplomacy, medicine, science, technology, education, and law enforcement — revealing the “deep connections from their martial arts experiences to other aspects of their lives.”