Jeannette Ng: Difference between revisions

She studied at Durham University, earning an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.<ref name=angryrobot>{{Cite web|url=https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/our-authors/jeannette-ng/|title=Jeannette Ng|website=Angry Robot Books|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-03}}</ref> They currently live in Durham, England.

Ng's 2017 debut novel ''Under the Pendulum Sun'' (published by Angry Robot)<ref name=angryrobot /> concerns a fantastical journey in gothic mid-19th century England,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/under-pendulum-sun-review/|title=Under the Pendulum Sun Journeys to Fairyland, and Finds It Very Strange Indeed|date=2017-10-03|work=The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en-US}}</ref> and was shortlisted for Starburst's 2017 Brave New Words award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/brave-new-words-award-2017-shortlist-announced|title=Brave New Words Award 2017 Shortlist Announced - Starburst Magazine|date=2018-02-05|work=Starburst Magazine|access-date=2018-04-03|language=en-GB}}</ref> and the 2018 Robert Holdstock award for Best Fantasy Novel at the British Fantasy Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/british-fantasy-society-british-fantasy-award-2018/|title=British Fantasy Awards 2018|publisher=The British Fantasy Society|date=6 July 2018|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> It was named by SYFY as one of the "10 Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of 2017"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/the-10-best-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-of-2017|title=The 10 best sci-fi and fantasy books of 2017|last=Krishna|first=Swapna|date=2017-12-18|work=Syfy|access-date=2018-04-05|language=en}}</ref> and included in Adam Roberts' list of "The best science fiction and fantasy of 2017" in ''The Guardian''<ref name="Roberts">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/30/the-best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-of-2017|title=The best science fiction and fantasy of 2017|first=Adam|last=Roberts|work=The Guardian|date=30 November 2017|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> and Jeff Somers' list of "50 of the Greatest Science Fiction & Fantasy Debut Novels Ever Written."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/50-of-the-greatest-science-fiction-fantasy-debut-novels-ever-written/|title=50 of the Greatest Science Fiction & Fantasy Debut Novels Ever Written|first=Jeff|last=Somers|work=B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog|publisher=Barnes & Noble|date=9 November 2018|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>

Her story "How the Tree of Wishes Gained its Carapace of Plastic" is included in the anthology ''Not So Stories'', published April 2018 by Abaddon Books,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/abaddon-books-publish-diverse-anthology-written-reaction-rudyard-kipling-603401|title=Diverse anthology 'in reaction' to Kipling set for release|work=The Bookseller|first=Natasha|last=Onwuemezi|date=28 July 2017|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> and was described by Starburst as "a tour de force of the author's talents."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/not-so-stories-book|title=Not So Stories|first=Ed|last=Fortune|work=Starburst Magazine|date=24 April 2018|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref>  Other short stories of theirs have been published in Mythic Delirium<ref name=md>{{cite web|url=https://mythicdelirium.com/mythic-delirium-2-3-jan-march-2016|title=Mythic Delirium 2.3, Jan.-March 2016|publisher=Mythic Delirium Books|date=7 January 2016|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> and Shoreline of Infinity<ref name=soi>{{cite web|url=https://www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shoreline-of-infinity-8/|title=Shoreline of Infinity 8|publisher=Shoreline of Infinity|date=15 June 2017|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> magazines.

Ng won the Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer at the 2018 British Fantasy Awards for ''Under the Pendulum Sun'',<ref>{{cite tweet|user=BritFantasySoc|number=1054017735276052480|date=21 October 2018|title=Sydney J Bounds award for Best Newcomer|author=British Fantasy Society}}</ref> and was a 2018 finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, announced as part of the Hugo Awards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tor.com/2018/03/31/2018-hugo-award-finalists-announced/|title=2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced|date=2018-03-31|work=Tor.com|access-date=2018-04-03|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2019, Ng won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/2019/04/2019-hugo-award-1944-retro-hugo-award-finalists/|date=2 April 2019 |title=2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists |access-date=30 April 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=Dublin2019|number=1163169693181648898|title=The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer goes to Jeannette Ng|date=18 August 2019}}</ref> As part of her acceptance speech, she referred to the award's namesake John W. Campbell as "a fucking fascist," sparking debate in the science fiction and fantasy community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amazingstories.com/2019/08/was-john-w-campbell-a-fing-fascist-or-merely-a-fascist/|title=Was John W. Campbell a F***ing Fascist, or Merely a Fascist?|first=Steve|last=Davison|work=Amazing Stories|date=24 August 2019|access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref><ref name='acceptancespeech' /> On 27 August, the editor of award sponsors ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' announced that the award would be renamed the ''Astounding Award for Best New Writer''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bookriot.com/2019/08/28/the-john-w-campbell-award-is-now-the-astounding-award/|work=Book Riot|title=The John W. Campbell Award is now the Astounding Award|first=Jenn|last=Northington|date=28 August 2019|access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> For their acceptance speech, Ng was awarded the Hugo Award for "Best Related Work" in July 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last= Flood |first=Alison |date=1 August 2020 |title=Arkady Martine wins Hugo for best novel, as George RR Martin hosts online ceremony|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/01/arkady-martine-wins-hugo-for-best-novel-as-george-rr-martin-hosts-online-ceremony|work=The Guardian |access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref> On 31 July, Ng sent their 2020 Hugo for Best Related Work Acceptance Speech to YouTube. In this video acceptance speech, she said that "pulling down memorials to dead racists is not the erasing of history, it is how we make history". She also said that "Last time I gave a speech at WorldCon, it was literally hours after a huge march in Hong Kong, my most cyberpunk of cities. Since then, things have gotten worse." "The tactics used to marginalize us, the tear gas used against us, it is the same everywhere. And we defeat it in the same way. And so our coming together is more important than ever before. To write a future of joy and hope and change." "Now is the time. Now is always the time. Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Time."<ref>{{cite news |last= Flood |first=Alison |date=1 August 2020 |title=2020 Hugo for Best Related Work Acceptance Speech|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMa-PbKsWHU|work=YouTube |access-date=1 August 2020}}</ref>