Fae Myenne Ng

Fae Myenne Ng

The daughter of seamstress and a laborer, Fae Myenne Ng was born in San Francisco. She attended the University of California-Berkeley, and receiced her M.F.A. at Columbia University.

"Bone" (1993), her first novel, which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award is a story about a Chinese American family. Her short stories have appeared in the American Voice, Calys, City Lights Review, Crescent Review, Harper's, and in a number of anthologies. She was awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts. She currently lives in New York City. She published a second novel, Steer Toward Rock, in 2008.

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* [http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/ng_fae_myenne.html University of Minnesota biography and review]
* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/booksmags/chi-steerbw17may17,0,6390654.story Chicago Tribune review of Steer Toward Rock]


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