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Nghi Vo is an American author of short stories, novellas, and novels.[1]

Nghi Vo
Born	(1981-12-04) December 4, 1981 (age 40) Peoria, Illinois
Language	English
Nationality	American
Genre	Fantasy LGBT
Years active	2007–present
Notable awards	Hugo Award for Best Novella (2020) Crawford Award (2021)
Website
nghivo.com

Biography

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

Novellas

• The Empress of Salt and Fortune (2020)
• When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (2020)
• Into the Riverlands (expected 2022)

Novels

• The Chosen and the Beautiful (2021)
• Siren Queen (2022)

References

External links

• Official website
• Nghi Vo at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Nghi Vo on Twitter
• Nghi Vo on Instagram

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