Chloe Gong Explained

Chloe Gong
Birth Date:16 December 1998
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Occupation:Author
Citizenship:New Zealand
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania (BA)
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Notable Works:These Violent Delights
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Awards:Sir Julius Vogel Award (2021)
Years Active:2020–present

Chloe Gong (born 16 December 1998) is a New Zealand writer of young adult fiction. Her 2020 debut novel, These Violent Delights, was a New York Times best seller.

Life and career

Gong was born in Shanghai, China, and moved to New Zealand with her family when she was two years old.[1] She has a younger sister and brother. She was raised on the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand, and attended Rangitoto College.[2] [3] While growing up in New Zealand, Gong was immersed in Chinese culture at home, speaking Shanghainese, cooking Chinese food, and celebrating Chinese holidays.[1]

Gong began writing books at the age of 13 using the Notes app on her iPad. By December 2020, she had written nine books, about one manuscript per year. In 2021, Gong graduated with a double major in English and International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.[4]

Gong wrote her 2020 debut novel, These Violent Delights, in May 2018 after her freshman year of college. The book features a 1920s Romeo and Juliet-esque storyline set in Shanghai. At the age of 21, Gong became one of the youngest writers to author a young adult hardcover on The New York Times Best Seller list.[5] She won the Best Youth Novel at the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for These Violent Delights.[6] The sequel, Our Violent Ends, was released in November 2021.[7] In 2021, These Violent Delights was noted to be frequently discussed by the BookTok community on TikTok, which was associated with an increase in sales.[8]

Gong is also writing a spinoff duology that follows Rosalind, a character from the initial series. The first book of the spinoff duology, Foul Lady Fortune, was released fall 2022.[9] [10]

In November 2021, Gong announced her first adult fantasy trilogy, inspired by Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City. The first book of the trilogy, Immortal Longings, was released in summer 2023.[11]

Bibliography

These Violent Delights series

Foul Lady Fortune series

Flesh and False Gods series

Coldwire series

Notes and References

  1. News: Lee . Yan-yi . Martha . French . Chloe Gong, 21, Greets the World with her New York Times Best-selling Debut . 21 May 2021 . Varsity.co.uk . 2 February 2021.
  2. News: Zhang . Sherry . Chloe Gong is 21, she's from the North Shore, and just wrote a US bestseller . 22 December 2020 . . 4 December 2020.
  3. News: Zhang . Sherry . North Shore 21-year-old, Chloe Gong becomes a US bestseller. 20 December 2020. . en-NZ . 4 December 2020.
  4. News: Egan. Elisabeth. 3 December 2020. Meet Chloe Gong, One of the Year's Youngest Best-Selling Authors. en-US. The New York Times. 20 December 2020. 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: Paxson. Caitlyn. 21 November 2020. 'These Violent Delights' Transports Romeo And Juliet To 1920s Shanghai. 20 December 2020. NPR. en.
  6. Web site: 2021-08-10. NZ Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 winners announced. live. 2021-08-11. Books+Publishing. en-AU. https://web.archive.org/web/20210810010939/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/08/10/191154/nz-sir-julius-vogel-awards-2021-winners-announced/ . 10 August 2021 .
  7. Web site: Our Violent Ends . . 10 November 2021 . en . 18 September 2021.
  8. Web site: TikTok is taking the book industry by storm, and retailers are taking notice . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210705083517/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tiktok-taking-book-industry-storm-retailers-are-taking-notice-n1272909 . 2021-07-05 . 2021-09-10 . NBC News . en . 2021-07-05.
  9. News: Shah. Shirali. 9 December 2020. A Penn senior drafted a novel at 19 years old. That book just made her a NYT best-seller. 20 December 2020. The Daily Pennsylvanian . en-us.
  10. News: 10 December 2020. Bestselling Kiwi author Chloe Gong has already written her sequel. 22 December 2020. . en . Chris . Schulz.
  11. Web site: Eddy . Cheryl . Chloe Gong Reveals Immortal Longings, the First Book in Her All-New Fantasy Trilogy . . 16 November 2021 . 12 November 2021.

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