Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng | |
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | July 30, 1980
Occupation | Novelist, writer |
Alma mater | Harvard University University of Michigan |
Genre | Fiction |
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Celeste Ng (
Early life and education
Celeste Ng was born in
When Ng was ten years old, she moved from Pittsburgh to Shaker Heights, Ohio[4] with her parents and sister.[8] She attended the schools in the Shaker Heights City School District, from Woodbury Elementary all the way up to Shaker Heights High School.[4] At Shaker Heights High School, Ng was involved with the Student Group on Race Relations ("SGORR") for three years and was a co-editor of the school's literary magazine, Semanteme.[4] She graduated from high school in 1998.
After graduating from high school, Ng studied English at
Career
Ng received the
Ng's debut novel,
Ng's second novel, Little Fires Everywhere, is set in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and follows two families, one a mother and daughter, that challenge the boundaries and culture of the town.[8][14] The novel was developed into a 2020 Hulu miniseries of the same name starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington; Ng also served as one of the show's producers.
Ng's third novel, Our Missing Hearts, is set in a future where America has legitimized racism, particularly against those of Asian descent, and stifled free expression.[18] It follows a 12 year-old boy of Chinese descent named Bird who rediscovers his dissident mother's art.[19] The novel released in October 2022.[20]
Personal life
As of 2014, Ng resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and son.[4]
While on a book tour for Everything I Never Told You, Ng said her favorite book as a child was Harriet the Spy.[8] As an adult, one of her favorite books is The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.[21]
In 2018, when the American government separated the children and parents of undocumented immigrant families,[22] Ng used her Twitter account to call attention to the policy. Ng and a group of other writers auctioned naming rights of future characters in their books. The goal was to raise money for Immigrant Families Together, a volunteer group dedicated to reuniting migrant families.[23]
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1594205712.
- "Girls, At Play". Pushcart Prize 2012 Anthology (XXXVI 2012 ed.). 2012. ISBN 978-1888889635.[5]
- ISBN 978-0735224315.
- Our Missing Hearts. ISBN 978-0593492543.
References
- ^ "Celeste Ng - Knowledge & Wisdom". newengland.com. Yankee Publishing, Inc. October 24, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Hoby, Hermione (November 17, 2014). "Amazon book of the year winner Celeste Ng: 'Writing's like shouting into the world'". The Guardian.
- ^ NPR Staff (June 28, 2014). "'Everything I Never Told You' Exposed in Biracial Family's Loss". NPR.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Connors, Joanna (July 9, 2014). "Writer Celeste Ng talks about growing up in Shaker Heights and her buzz novel of the summer, Everything I Never Told You". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland.com.
- ^ a b c "Essays And Stories". Celeste Ng. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020". Archived from the original on April 12, 2020.
- ^ "Dr. Daniel L. Ng Obituary (2004) the Plain Dealer".
- ^ a b c Politics and Prose. "Celeste Ng, "Everything I Never Told You"". youtube. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ ""What Passes Over" by Celeste Ng". One story. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ^ Wineberg, Ronna. "Girls, At Play". Bellevue Literary Review. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ a b Dreifus, Erika. "Everything She Graciously Told Me: An Interview with Celeste Ng". erika dreifus. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Chee, Alexander (August 15, 2014). "Sunday Book Review, The Leftovers 'Everything I Never Told You,' by Celeste Ng". The New York Times.
- ^ Simon, Clea (July 1, 2014). "Book Review 'Everything I Never Told You' by Celeste Ng". The Boston Globe.
- ^ a b Schluep, Chris. "CelesteNgBEA". youtube.
- ^ Tobar, Hector (July 4, 2014). "Review 'Everything I Never Told You' a moving tale of a dysfunctional family". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Ng, Celeste. "PRAISE FOR EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU". Celeste Ng.
- ^ Haylock, Zoe (May 22, 2020). "Celeste Ng's Debut Novel Is Getting the Little Fires Everywhere Treatment". Vulture. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ Wolk, Martin (November 29, 2022). "Why Celeste Ng calls her new novel, 'Our Missing Hearts,' 'scarily real'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ "Celeste Ng's Dystopia Is Uncomfortably Close to Reality". September 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ "Penguin Press to Publish New Celeste Ng Novel, OUR MISSING HEARTS, in October 2022". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ Connors, Joanna (July 9, 2014). "Writer Celeste Ng talks about growing up in Shaker Heights and her buzz novel of the summer, Everything I Never Told You". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland.com.
- ^ "Family separation under the Trump administration – a timeline". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 5, 2022.