![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Celeste_Ng_at_2018_National_Book_Festival_%2528cropped%2529.jpg/640px-Celeste_Ng_at_2018_National_Book_Festival_%2528cropped%2529.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Celeste Ng
American novelist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Celeste Ng (/səˈlɛst ˈɪŋ/ sə-LEST ING; Chinese: 伍绮诗[1]) (born July 30, 1980[2]) is an American writer and novelist.[3][4][5] She has released many short stories that have been published in a variety of literary journals.[6] Ng's first novel, Everything I Never Told You, released on June 26, 2014, won the Amazon Book of the Year award[3] as well as praise from critics. Ng's short story Girls at Play won a Pushcart Prize in 2012, and was a 2015 recipient of an Alex Award. Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere, was published in 2017. The TV-miniseries based on the book premiered in 2020. Ng received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020.[7] Her most recent novel, Our Missing Hearts, was released on October 4, 2022.
Quick Facts Born, Occupation ...
Celeste Ng | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Ng in 2018 | |||||||||||
Born | (1980-07-30) July 30, 1980 (age 44) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||
Occupation | Novelist, writer | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Harvard University University of Michigan | ||||||||||
Genre | Fiction | ||||||||||
Website | |||||||||||
www | |||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 伍綺詩 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 伍绮诗 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Close