Sheung-King
Sheung-King is the pen name of Aaron Tang,[1] a Canadian writer whose novel Batshit Seven was the winner of the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.[2]
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tang lived in both Canada and Hong Kong before moving to Toronto, Ontario.[3] You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked was published in 2020 by Book*hug,[4] and was a shortlisted nominee for the 2021 Amazon.ca First Novel Award[5] and the 2021 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.[6]
Batshit Seven, his second novel, was published in 2024 by Penguin Random House.
References
[edit]- ^ Brett Josef Grubisic, "In “You Are Eating An Orange. You Are Naked.” the 2010s have never looked so 1770s". MyKawartha, November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners". CBC Books, November 19, 2017.
- ^ Michelle Cyca, "Book review: Tracing a terminated relationship’s lingering, intimate moments". Vancouver Sun, December 22, 2020.
- ^ Thea Lim, "The Interior Lives of the Transnational Asian Diaspora". The Nation, January 20, 2021.
- ^ Vicky Qiao, "Five Little Indians by Michelle Good wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award". CBC Books, May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Ivan Coyote, David A. Robertson & Julie Flett among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards". CBC Books, October 14, 2021.