Alyssa Wong is an American writer of speculative fiction, comics, poetry, and games. They are a recipient of the Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award.[1]
Alyssa Wong | |
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| Born | Surprise, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Website | |
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Wong studied fiction at North Carolina State University,[2] graduating in 2017 with a Master of Fine Arts.[3] In July 2018, they were hired by Blizzard Entertainment as a writer on Overwatch.[4] Wong is the writer for Marvel Comics's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic series that began in 2020 and for the 2022 Deadpool series.[5][6][7][8]
Personal life
editWong identifies as queer and non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[9]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- The High Republic: Escape from Valo (2024)[10]
Chapbooks
edit- A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers (2016)
Short fiction
edit- "The Fisher Queen" (2014)
- "Scarecrow" (2014)
- "Santos de Sampaguitas" (2014)
- "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" (2015)
- "A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers" (2016)
- "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" (2016)
- "Rabbit Heart" (2016)
- "Natural Skin" (2016)
- "The White Dragon" (2016)
- "Your Bones Will Not Be Unknown" (2016)
- "God Product" (2017)
- "A Clamor of Bones" (2017)
- "All the Time We've Left to Spend" (2018)
- "What My Mother Left Me" (2018)
- "Olivia's Table" (2018)
- "What You Left Behind" (2019)
- "Wolf Trap", From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi, (Del Rey, August 2023)
Poems
edit- "For the Gardener's Daughter" (2015)
Essays
edit- "Here's How It Goes" (2015)
- "Buzzword" (2016)
- "The H Word: The Darkest, Truest Mirrors" (2016)
- "They Love Me Not: How Fictional Villains Saved My Life" (2016)
Comics
editDC
edit- DC The Doomed and the Damned #1 (with Travis G. Moore, Saladin Ahmed, Marv Wolfman, John Arcudi, Kenny Porter, Amanda Deibert, Garth Ennis, Amedeo Turturro, and Brandon Thomas, 2020)
- Sensational Wonder Woman #6 (2021)
- Lazarus Planet: Dark Fate #1 (with Tim Seeley, Dennis Culver and A.L. Kaplan, 2022)
- Spirit World #1–6 (2023)
Marvel
edit- Aero #1–12 (2019)
- Aero Vol. 2: The Mystery of Madame Huang (2021)
- Carnage: Black, White & Blood #3 (with Karla Pacheco and Dan Slott, 2021)
- Deadpool #1-#10 (2022–2023)
- Future Fight Firsts:
- Iron Fist #1–5 (2022)
- The Legend of Shang-Chi #1 (2021)
- Shang-Chi Infinity Comic (with Nathan Stockman, 2021)
- Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1–40 (2020–2024)
- Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters – Boushh #1 (2021)
- Captain Marvel [11] #1- (2024 - present)
Awards
edit- 2014 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (finalist),[12] 2014 Shirley Jackson Award (finalist),[13] 2015 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (finalist),[14] for "The Fisher Queen".[15]
- 2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (winner),[12] 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (winner),[16] 2015 Shirley Jackson Award (finalist),[17] 2016 Locus Award for Best Short Story (finalist),[18] 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction,[19] for "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers".[2]
- 2016 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (finalist)[20] (As well, an analysis by Io9 indicated that, if not for the Sad Puppies ballot manipulation campaign, Wong would have also been a finalist for the 2015 award.)[21]
- 2017 Locus Award for Best Novelette (winner),[22] 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (finalist),[23][24] 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (finalist)[25] for "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay".[26]
- 2017 Locus Award for Best Short Story (finalist),[22] 2016 Nebula Award for Best Short Story (finalist),[23] 2017 Hugo Award for Best Short Story (finalist)[25] for "A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers".[27]
References
edit- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Alyssa Wong". ISFDB. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
- ^ a b "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers". Nightmare Magazine. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on June 21, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "Poets & Writers". www.pw.org. North Carolina State University. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ Goslin, Austen (August 1, 2018). "Overwatch writing team adds Nebula Award winner Alyssa Wong". Heroes Never Die. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ Rocket, Stubby the (October 31, 2019). "Nebula Award Winner Alyssa Wong to Write New Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Comic". Tor.com. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "'You Never Know What's Going to Happen': Alyssa Wong on Her Upcoming Doctor Aphra Series – Exclusive". StarWars.com. January 23, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ Dar, Taimur (August 10, 2022). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ Dar, Taimur (August 10, 2022). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ Alyssa Wong (they/them) [@crashwong] (October 11, 2022). "Coming out is a process, so be patient with yourself. I grew up thinking I had to stay in the closet, but my life has opened up since coming out as queer and non-binary" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Star Wars: The High Republic: Escape from Valo by Daniel José Older, Alyssa Wong: 9781368093804 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ Adams, Timothy (October 19, 2023). "Captain Marvel Debuts Her New Costume in Preview of Marvel Series (Exclusive)". Comicbook. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ a b "Nebula Awards – SFWA". SFWA. November 25, 2009. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". www.shirleyjacksonawards.org. The Shirley Jackson Awards. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ "World Fantasy Awards Winners 2015". Locus Online. November 8, 2015. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "The Fisher Queen". fu-gen.org. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "sfadb: World Fantasy Awards 2016". www.sfadb.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ "2015 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". www.shirleyjacksonawards.org. The Shirley Jackson Awards. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ "2016 Locus Awards Finalists". Locus Online. May 3, 2016. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "The Bram Stoker Awards". StokerCon 2016. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Hugo Finalists". MidAmericon II. Archived from the original on June 6, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
- ^ This Is What The 2015 Hugo Ballot Should Have Been, by Andrew Liptak, at Io9; published August 23, 2015; retrieved March 13, 2019
- ^ a b "2017 Locus Awards Winners". www.locusmag.com. Locus Online News. June 24, 2017. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ^ a b "2016 – The Nebula Awards". The Nebula Awards. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ "Alyssa Wong Past Nominations and Wins". The Nebula Awards®. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "2017 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. December 31, 2016. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay". Uncanny Magazine. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers". Tor.com. March 2, 2016. Archived from the original on July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
