Bio
Celeste Ng was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1980 and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where the complexities of community and identity left a lasting mark on her worldview. She studied English at Harvard University and earned her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she honed her craft before publishing her first novel.
Ng’s work quickly gained critical acclaim for its emotional depth and insight into family dynamics. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her novels have been published in more than thirty languages, establishing her as a defining voice in contemporary fiction.
Celeste Ng was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1980 and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where the complexities of community and identity left a lasting mark on her worldview. She studied English at Harvard University and earned her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she honed her craft before publishing her first novel.
Ng’s work quickly gained critical acclaim for its emotional depth and insight into family dynamics. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her novels have been published in more than thirty languages, establishing her as a defining voice in contemporary fiction.
Best Sellers
Everything I Never Told You
Little Fires Everywhere
Our Missing Hearts
More from Celeste Ng
Ng’s debut novel became a literary sensation after being named Amazon’s Best Book of the Year. It is a psychological thriller about a Chinese-American family dealing with a daughter's disappearance.
An instant New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club pick. This novel is set in a dystopian near-future and focuses on a mother's resistance through poetry and a son’s quest to find her.
Her most commercially successful book, this #1 New York Times bestseller was adapted into a major Hulu limited series. It explores race, class, and motherhood in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Ng served as the guest editor for this prestigious annual anthology, selecting the 20 best stories published in the previous year.
A collaborative novel written during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ng contributed to this project alongside other major authors like Margaret Atwood and John Grisham.
Her work was selected for inclusion in this series, which is a significant indicator of literary success for a short story writer.