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

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Chapbooks

Short fiction

Poems

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Awards
Preceded by World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction winner
2016
Succeeded by
G. V. Anderson