Nghi Vo
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Born (1981-12-04) December 4, 1981 (age 40)
Peoria, Illinois
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Genre
Years active2007–present
Notable awards
Website
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Nghi Vo is an American author of short stories, novellas, and novels.[1]

Biography[edit]

Vo was born in Peoria, Illinois, where she lived until attending college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[2] Vo now lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the shores of Lake Michigan.[1][2] She defines her sexuality as queer.[3]

Vo’s first published short story was "Gift of Flight" in 2007, after which she published a number of short stories in various media.[2] In 2020 Vo published the novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune, which won the Hugo Award for Best Novella[4][5] and the 2021 IAFA Crawford Award,[6] and was a Locus, and Ignyte Award finalist. It was followed by the sequel When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain. The two novellas together are part of 'The Singing Hills Cycle', with 3 more novellas in the cycle having been acquired for Tor.com by Ruoxi Chen.[7] Her debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful, a queer magical retelling of The Great Gatsby was published in 2021[7][8][9] and her second novel Siren Queen, an urban fantasy set in pre-Code Hollywood, was released in May 2022.[2][10]

Bibliography[edit]

Novellas[edit]

Novels[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About". Nghi Vo. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nghi Vo: Stories About Stories". Locus. May 17, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "@NghVoWrites". Twitter. Retrieved December 23, 2021. Cis, queer, she/her.
  4. ^ "2021 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Mike Glyer (December 18, 2021). "2021 Hugo Awards". File 770. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "IAFA Crawford Award Winners". Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Award-Winning Author Nghi Vo Returns to Ahn: Announcing Three New Singing Hills Novellas". Tor.com. May 10, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  8. ^ Noah Fram (May 30, 2021). "Nghi Vo gets the green light". BookPage (Interview). Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "Bibliography". Nghi Vo. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "A Monster, A Miracle, A Star: Revealing Nghi Vo's Siren Queen". Tor.com. September 1, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.

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