Celeste Ng

Celeste Ng is an acclaimed American novelist and short story writer known for her profound explorations of family dynamics, cultural identity, and systemic societal issues. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Shaker Heights, Ohio, Ng frequently uses her Midwestern upbringing as the backdrop for her vivid, socially conscious storytelling.

She burst onto the literary scene with her debut novel, Everything I Never Told You, which became a New York Times bestseller and was named Amazon’s #1 Best Book of 2014. Her sophomore effort, Little Fires Everywhere, achieved massive international success and was subsequently adapted into a hit Hulu original miniseries starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.

Ng holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and earned her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she was awarded the Hopwood Award. A masterful architect of contemporary fiction, her writing unpeels the layers of community expectations, race, and assimilation, continuing to be a leading, empathetic voice in modern American literature.