Rachel Khong

Rachel Khong
Alma mater Yale University,
University of Florida
Genre novel
Notable works Goodbye, Vitamin
Website
www.rachelkhong.com

Rachel Khong is an Asian-American writer.

Life

She graduated from Yale University and the University of Florida. Khong is a former executive editor of Lucky Peach magazine.[1] Her writing has appeared in publications such as American Short Fiction, Joyland, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She is the coauthor of a cookbook called All About Eggs.[2]

Goodbye, Vitamin, her first novel, received Best Book of the Year honors from NPR,[3] O, The Oprah Magazine,[4] the San Francisco Chronicle,[5] and Vogue.[6] The novel won the 2017 California Book Award for First Fiction,[7] as well as a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction.[8]

Works

  • Goodbye, Vitamin Henry Holt and Co., 2017. ISBN 9781471159480, OCLC 1015212743[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Rachel Khong | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  2. ↑ Lucky Peach All About Eggs by Rachel Khong, the editors of Lucky Peach | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
  3. ↑ "'Goodbye, Vitamin' Is Sweet — But Not Sugarcoated". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  4. ↑ "Goodbye, Vitamin". Oprah.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  5. ↑ "Best of 2017: 100 recommended books". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  6. ↑ "These Were the Best Books We Read All Year". Vogue. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  7. ↑ "California Books Awards 2017".
  8. ↑ Schaub, Michael. "L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Joyce Carol Oates and Ta-Nehisi Coates; John Rechy receives lifetime achievement award". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  9. ↑ "A Darkly Comic Novel About Turning 30 Without Growing Up". The New York Times. 2017-07-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
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