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American writer
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]
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
Wong identifies as queer and
non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
[9]
Bibliography
Novels
The High Republic: Escape From Valo (2024)
[10]
Chapbooks
A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers (2016)
Short fiction
"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
"For the Gardener's Daughter" (2015)
Essays
"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
DC
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
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- (2022–present)
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)
Awards
2014
Nebula Award for Best Short Story (finalist),
[11] 2014
Shirley Jackson Award (finalist),
[12] 2015
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (finalist),
[13] for "The Fisher Queen".
[14]
2015
Nebula Award for Best Short Story (winner),
[11] 2016
World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story (winner),
[15] 2015
Shirley Jackson Award (finalist),
[16] 2016
Locus Award for Best Short Story (finalist),
[17] 2015
Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction ,
[18] for "
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers ".
[2]
2016
John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (finalist)
[19] (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.)
[20]
2017
Locus Award for Best Novelette (winner),
[21] 2016
Nebula Award for Best Novelette (finalist),
[22]
[23] 2017
Hugo Award for Best Novelette (finalist)
[24] for "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay".
[25]
2017
Locus Award for Best Short Story (finalist),
[21] 2016
Nebula Award for Best Short Story (finalist),
[22] 2017
Hugo Award for Best Short Story (finalist)
[24] for "A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers".
[26]
References
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"Summary Bibliography: Alyssa Wong" .
ISFDB . Retrieved September 30, 2019 .
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b
"Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" . Nightmare Magazine . October 14, 2015.
Archived from the original on June 21, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016 .
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"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 .
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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 .
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"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 .
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"Alyssa Wong Past Nominations and Wins" . The Nebula Awards® . Retrieved May 4, 2023 .
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a
b
"2017 Hugo Awards" . The Hugo Awards . December 31, 2016.
Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017 .
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"You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay" . Uncanny Magazine .
Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017 .
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"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 .
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