Celeste Ng – American novelist of Chinese descent, author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere, both New York Times bestsellers. Her fiction blends family drama, cultural identity, and sharp observations of ordinary life, earning her major literary awards and wide readership.
📖 Her debut was named Amazon’s Book of the Year. 🔥 Little Fires Everywhere was adapted into a series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. 🎓 Studied at Harvard and the University of Michigan. 🌿 Explores immigrant experience and racial dynamics in the US. 💬 Critics describe her prose as “gentle yet piercing.” 📚 Her works have been translated into many languages. ✨ In 2022, she published Our Missing Hearts, resonating with current politics. 🎭 Often sets her stories in small towns with hidden tensions. 🏆 Recognized among the most influential voices in contemporary American fiction. 🖋️ Says she writes to “reveal the hidden stories of ordinary families.” 😄 Funny note: once joked that being chosen by Oprah’s Book Club finally convinced her mother that writing was a “real job.”