Alyssa Wong is an American writer of speculative fiction, comics, poetry, and

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. Wong is a recipient of the

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, and

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. Wong studied fiction at

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, graduating in 2017 with a

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. In July 2018, Wong was hired by

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as a writer on '' Overwatch''. Wong is the writer for

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's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic series that began in 2020, in addition to writing the 2022 ''

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'' series. Wong is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.

Bibliography

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 "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" is a 2015 urban fantasy/horror story by Alyssa Wong. It was first published in ''Nightmare'' magazine. Synopsis Jenny is a magical being living in New York City, where she feeds on the negative emotions and ...

" (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)

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 Dammed'' #1 (with Travis G. Moore, Saladin Ahmed,

Marv Wolfman Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer. He worked on Marvel Comics's '' The Tomb of Dracula'', for which he and artist Gene Colan created the vampire-slayer Blade, and DC Comics's ''The New ...

, 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

* ''

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'' #1-12 (2019) * ''Aero Vol. 2: The Mystery Of Madame Huang'' (2021) * ''Carnage: Black, White & Blood'' #3 (with Karla Pacheco and

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, 2021) * ''

'' #1- (2022–present) * ''Future Fight Firsts'' (2021) * ''Future Fight Firsts: Luna Snow'' (2019) * ''

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'' #1-5 (2022) * ''The Legend Of Shang-Chi'' #1 (2021) * ''Shang-Chi Infinity Comic'' (with Nathan Stockman, 2021) * '' Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' #1- (2020–Present) *''Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters - Boushh #1'' (2021)

Awards

*2014

Nebula Award for Best Short Story The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short sto ...

(finalist), 2014

Shirley Jackson Award The Shirley Jackson Awards are literary awards named after Shirley Jackson in recognition of her legacy in writing. These awards for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic are presented ...

(finalist), 2015

World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the wor ...

(finalist), for "The Fisher Queen". *2015

(winner), 2016

(winner), 2015

(finalist), 2016 Locus Award for Best Short Story (finalist), 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction, for "

". *2016 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (finalist) (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.)This Is What The 2015 Hugo Ballot Should Have Been
by Andrew Liptak, at Io9; published August 23, 2015; retrieved March 13, 2019 *2017 Locus Award for Best Novelette (winner), 2016

Nebula Award for Best Novelette The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novelette if it is between 7,50 ...

(finalist), 2017

Hugo Award for Best Novelette The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The novelette award is available for works of fiction of ...

(finalist) for "You'll Surely Drown Here If You Stay". *2017 Locus Award for Best Short Story (finalist), 2016

(finalist), 2017

Hugo Award for Best Short Story The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The short story award is available for works of fiction of ...

(finalist) for "A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers".

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Alyssa Living people American short story writers American writers of Chinese descent American writers of Filipino descent Blizzard Entertainment people Marvel Comics writers People from Maricopa County, Arizona Nebula Award winners North Carolina State University alumni Video game writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers World Fantasy Award-winning writers Year of birth missing (living people) American non-binary writers