This week, Jennifer discusses The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu with author Tom Lin, finally giving her the opportunity to find out just how Tom was able to tackle such a broad scope of landscapes and characters in his writing that takes the reader on a poetic journey of epic proportions. Tom reveals how his novel began with an idea to feature an Asian protagonist within a traditional western, and resulted in his debut novel about a young, orphaned boy trained to become a deadly assassin in The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu. The Bookshelf with Jennifer Morrison is brought to you by Apartment 3C Productions.