Neon Yang

JY Neon Yang is a Singaporean writer of English-language speculative fiction. Yang is nonbinary and queer, and uses they/them pronouns. They came out as nonbinary at the start of 2017.

Yang has written a series of steampunk novellas, and has published short fiction since 2012. Their novella The Black Tides of Heaven was nominated for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella, the 2018 Kitschies Golden Tentacle and the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella.

Yang's work revolves around "the human body as a vessel for storytelling", and is based on their background as a molecular biologist, journalist and science communicator.

Work

 * Collections
 * The Ayam Curtain, Math Paper Press 2012, ed. as June Yang with Joyce Chng


 * Novellas
 * 1) The Black Tides of Heaven, 2017
 * 2) The Red Threads of Fortune, 2017
 * 3) The Descent of Monsters, 2018
 * 4) The Ascent to Godhood, 2019