WRITER

Celeste Ng

1980 - Today

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Celeste Ng ( sə-LEST ING; Chinese: 伍绮诗; born July 30, 1980) is an American writer and novelist. Her short stories have been published in a variety of literary journals. Ng's first novel, Everything I Never Told You, released on June 26, 2014, won the Amazon Book of the Year award as well as praise from critics. Ng's short story "Girls at Play" won a Pushcart Prize in 2012 and a 2015 Alex Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Celeste Ng is the 7,454th most popular writer (down from 7,249th in 2024), the 19,283rd most popular biography from United States (down from 18,531st in 2019) and the 1,240th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Celeste Ng ranks 7,454 out of 7,302. Before her are Xia Jia, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Grant Wahl, Ayesha Harruna Attah, Jacek Dehnel, and R. F. Kuang. After her are Anna Bagriana, Adrianne Wadewitz, Jon Fisher, Giorgi Kekelidze, Simon Armitage, and Maxence Caron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Celeste Ng ranks 1,311. Before her are Dimitri Yachvili, Arian Moayed, Gevorg Kasparov, Hiroyuki Tomita, Mohamed Salmeen, and Mervana Jugić-Salkić. After her are Pua Magasiva, Elvin Beqiri, Tony Romo, Dominique Maltais, Pablo Urtasun, and Sturla Ásgeirsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Celeste Ng ranks 19,291 out of 20,380. Before her are Joe the Plumber (1973), Ashlyn Krueger (2004), Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (1972), Ashley Moody (1975), Jes Macallan (1982), and Claressa Shields (1995). After her are Jonny Weston (1988), Tycho (1977), Ken Paxton (1962), Trey Thompkins (1990), Isaác Brizuela (1990), and Andre Berto (1983).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Celeste Ng ranks 1,240. Before her are Josh Singer (1972), Lauren Groff (1978), Aaron Allston (1960), Peter Sohn (1977), Kiera Cass (1981), and Grant Wahl (1973). After her are Adrianne Wadewitz (1977), Jon Fisher (1972), Brian K. Vaughan (1976), Erin Morgenstern (1978), Michelle Malkin (1970), and GypsyCrusader (1988).

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