Alyssa Wong

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Alyssa Wong
Born Surprise, Arizona, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
Genre Speculative fiction
Website
www.crashwong.net

Alyssa Wong is an American writer of speculative fiction, comics, poetry, and games. They are a recipient of the Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award. [1]

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Wong studied fiction at North Carolina State University, [2] graduating in 2017 with a Master of Fine Arts. [3] In July 2018, they were hired by Blizzard Entertainment as a writer on Overwatch . [4] Wong is the writer for Marvel Comics's Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic series that began in 2020 and for the 2022 Deadpool series. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Personal life

Wong identifies as queer and non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. [9]

Bibliography

Novels

Chapbooks

Short fiction

Poems

Essays

Comics

DC

Marvel

  • Aero #1-12 (2019)
  • Aero Vol. 2: The Mystery Of Madame Huang (2021)
  • Carnage: Black, White & Blood #3 (with Karla Pacheco and Dan Slott, 2021)
  • Deadpool #1- (2022–present)
  • Future Fight Firsts:
  • Iron Fist #1-5 (2022)
  • The Legend Of Shang-Chi #1 (2021)
  • Shang-Chi Infinity Comic (with Nathan Stockman, 2021)
  • Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1- 40 (2020–2024)
  • Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters – Boushh #1 (2021)

Awards

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