Eddy Boudel Tan
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OccupationNovelist
Period2020s – present
Notable worksAfter Elias
Eddy Boudel Tan | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 2020s – present |
| Notable works | After Elias |
Eddy Boudel Tan is a Canadian writer from Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] whose 2020 debut novel After Elias was a finalist for the 2021 ReLit Award for Fiction.
Inspired by the Germanwings Flight 9525,[2] After Elias centres on a gay man coping with the death of his husband-to-be in a plane crash just days before their wedding.[3]
Boudel Tan was one of five writers named to the Writers' Trust of Canada's annual Rising Stars mentorship program in 2021.[4] In July, he published his second novel, The Rebellious Tide.[5]
His novel, The Tiger and the Cosmonaut, was shortlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize.[6]
Boudel Tan, openly gay, is the son of immigrants from Brunei.[2]
