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Nghi Vo
Born (1981-12-04) December 4, 1981 (age 43)
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Genre
Years active2007–present
Notable awards
Website
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Nghi Vo (born December 4, 1981) is an American author of short stories, novellas, and novels.[1] Vo's fantasy novella The Empress of Salt and Fortune has received acclaim and won the Hugo Award for Best Novella and the IAFA Crawford Award.

Biography

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Vo was born in Peoria, Illinois, where she lived until attending college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[2] In 2007 she moved to 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] The book was also a finalist for the Locus and the Ignyte Award. It was followed by When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain. The novellas are part of the Singing Hills Cycle, with three more novellas having been acquired for Tor.com.[7] Since the deal, Into the Riverlands has been published and Mammoths at the Gates was released in 2023. The novellas can be read in any order.[8]

Her debut novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful, was published in 2021.[7] The novel is a queer fantasy adaptation of The Great Gatsby. It reimagines the character of Jordan Baker as a woman of Vietnamese descent who was taken to Louisville as a young child and raised by a wealthy, white American family.[9][10]

Vo's second novel, Siren Queen, an urban fantasy set in pre-Code Hollywood, was released in May 2022.[2][11]

Awards

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Singing Hills Cycle

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Year Title Award Category Result Ref.
2020 The Empress of Salt and Fortune Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy Nominated–15th [12]
2021 Crawford Award — Won [13]
Hugo Award Novella Won [14]
Ignyte Awards Novella Shortlisted [15]
Locus Award Novella Nominated–3rd [16]
2022 When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain RUSA CODES Reading List Fantasy Shortlisted [17]
2023 Into the Riverlands Hugo Award Novella Shortlisted [18]
Ignyte Awards Novella Won [19]
Lambda Literary Awards Speculative Fiction Finalist [20]
Locus Award Novella Nominated [21]
Mammoths at the Gates Nebula Award Novella Shortlisted [22]
2024 Hugo Award Novella Shortlisted [23]
Locus Award Novella Nominated–3rd [24]
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize — Shortlisted [25]
World Fantasy Award Novella Shortlisted [26]
2025 The Brides of High Hill Hugo Award Novella Pending

Bibliography

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Singing Hills Cycle novellas

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Standalone novels

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References

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  1. ^ a b "About". Nghi Vo. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nghi Vo: Stories About Stories". Locus. May 17, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "@NghVoWrites". Twitter. Retrieved December 23, 2021. Cis, queer, she/her.
  4. ^ "2021 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Mike Glyer (December 18, 2021). "2021 Hugo Awards". File 770. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "IAFA Crawford Award Winners". Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Award-Winning Author Nghi Vo Returns to Ahn: Announcing Three New Singing Hills Novellas". Tor.com. May 10, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "The Singing Hills Cycle". MacMillan. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  9. ^ Noah Fram (May 30, 2021). "Nghi Vo gets the green light". BookPage (Interview). Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "Bibliography". Nghi Vo. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "A Monster, A Miracle, A Star: Revealing Nghi Vo's Siren Queen". Tor.com. September 1, 2021. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "Announcing the Goodreads Choice Winner in Best Fantasy!". Goodreads. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  13. ^ "International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - Crawford award winners list". iaftfita.wildapricot.org. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  14. ^ "2021 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. January 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  15. ^ "2021 Ignyte Awards". ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  16. ^ "2021 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists". Locus. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 Jun 2021.
  17. ^ "The Reading List". RUSA Update. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  18. ^ "Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards". Tor.com. 23 Oct 2023. Retrieved 13 Jan 2024.
  19. ^ "Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Ignyte Awards". Tor.com. 23 Oct 2023. Retrieved 13 Jan 2024.
  20. ^ Lewis, L. D. (2023-03-20). "Announcing the 35th Annual Lammy Awards Finalists". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  21. ^ "2023 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 24 Jun 2023. Retrieved 13 Jan 2024.
  22. ^ "Nebula Awards 2024". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus. Archived from the original on 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  23. ^ "2024 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. 2024-03-29. Archived from the original on 2024-08-12. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  24. ^ "2024 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  25. ^ Armstrong, Vanessa (2024-07-16). "Here is the Shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction!". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  26. ^ "World Fantasy Awards 2024". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
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