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K-Ming Chang
K-Ming Chang is a Lambda Literary Award winner, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and an O. Henry Prize Winner. She is the author of the novel BESTIARY (One World/Random House, 2020), which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and the Otherwise Award. In 2021, her chapbook BONE HOUSE was published by Bull City Press. Her story collection GODS OF WANT (One World/Random House) won a Lambda Literary Award, and her books have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Korean, German, Turkish, and other languages. Her most recent books are ORGAN MEATS (One World, 2023) and a novella titled CECILIA (Coffee House Press, 2024). In 2026, she will be making her YA debut with STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE, a rom-com forthcoming from Holiday House. Her next novel, NEEDLEMOUTH, is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster on October 6, 2026.
She has taught classes, led workshops, or done speaking engagements at Stanford University, Reed College, San Jose State University, Ithaca College, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Bowdoin College, Hendrix College, Kearny Street Workshop, The Hong Kong International Literary Festival, Brooklyn Book Festival, Tin House, Catapult, Miami Book Fair, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts’ Low-Residency MFA Program, Bay Area Book Festival, Youth Empowerment Program at MinKwon, and elsewhere.
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Family: Orchid, Joyland
from Cecilia, The Adroit Journal
The Four Horse Girls of the Apocalypse, Kismet
The Umbilical Telephone, ANMLY
Three Poems, The Adroit Journal