Susie Yang

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Susie Yang
BornJune 19
Chongqing, China
OccupationNovelist
Alma mater Rutgers University
GenreFiction
Website
www.susiebooks.com

Susie Yang (born June 19) is a Chinese American novelist currently based in the United Kingdom. Her first novel, White Ivy , was published by Simon & Schuster in November 2020. It became an instant New York Times bestseller and was longlisted for the Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize. [1]

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Biography

Yang was born in Chongqing, China, and moved to the United States as a child. She received her doctorate of pharmacy from Rutgers University and launched a tech startup in San Francisco that taught coding. [2]

She came up with her debut novel in 2016, working on the draft for nine months between the hours of 10 P.M. and 5 A.M, and landed a publishing deal near the end of 2017 with Simon & Schuster. [3] [2] [4] White Ivy follows the unreliable narrator Ivy Lin, a second generation Chinese American who desires acceptance among the dominant white upper-class and will stop at nothing to obtain her dream. [5] Yang was inspired by the television shows Breaking Bad and House of Cards , where "dominant male personalities ... do really awful things, but they're entertaining, and you watch them try to manipulate people." She also drew influence from her own upbringing as a Chinese American and spending summers in China. [6]

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Short stories

References

  1. ↑ "2020 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Longlist". Publishers Weekly . July 22, 2020. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Dwyer, Kate (October 23, 2020). "How Susie Yang Went from Tech Entrepreneurship to Literary Stardom" . Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on December 21, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ Rankin, Seija (October 14, 2020). "Poison Ivy: Susie Yang Delves into Class Warfare and Deceit in the Season's Biggest Debut". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ Bowes, Elena (March 26, 2021). "Q&A with Susie Yang – White Ivy". ElenaBowes.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ Wheatley, Lynda (July 31, 2021). "Susie Yang, Author of NY Times Bestseller "White Ivy," at NWS Aug. 5". Northern Express. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ O'Neill Melle, Megan (November 13, 2020). "White Ivy Author Susie Yang Talks Representation in Literature and Why She Writes About 'Otherness'". Parade . Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
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