Alan Chin 
Alan & Herman Chin 
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Alan Chin was born in Ogden, Utah, where he was christened, Alan Lewis
Hurlburt. He was raised in San Jose, California where he enjoyed an undistinguished childhood.
After graduating high school, Alan served four years in the
U.S. Navy where he learned and practiced the trade of aircraft mechanic while
stationed at the naval air station in Kingsville, Texas. Alan
attended four years of night school at San Francisco State University,
studying the field of Data Processing. He afterwards enjoyed a twenty year
career working his way from computer programmer, to software engineer, to
network designer, and finally to manager of several software engineer
development groups. In
1991, Alan went back to night school and years later graduated from the University
of San Francisco with a BS in Economics and a Masters in Creative
Writing. In
1999, Alan retired from his career in Information Technology to devote more time
to his three hobbies: writing, traveling, and tennis. During that same timeframe,
Alan legally changed his name to Alan Chin, so that he could share the
same family name as his life partner, Herman Chin. Alan
turned serious about his writing in 2003, and began working on his first
novel, Island Song. While preparing for the debut of his first novel by
Zumaya Publications, Alan has completed another novel, Changi. He is currently
working on a third novel and a collection of short stories. Alan
currently lives and writes half of each year at his home in San Rafael,
California, and he spends the other half of each year traveling the
globe. You
can learn more about Alan Chin, his writing and his travels, at:
AlanChinWriter.blogspot.com
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