Author · born 1981
Nghi Vo
Nghi Vo (born 1981) is an American author. Born in Peoria.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Nghi Vo, mostly sapphic fiction, queer fantasy and trans fiction. They span 2020 to 2022. The most-read is When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (2020).
Books by Nghi Vo
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
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The Chosen and the Beautiful
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Siren Queen
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Awards
- ✦Hugo Awards 2025 — Best Novella, The Brides of High Hill (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2025 — Best Short Story, Stitched to Skin Like Family Is (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2024 — Best Novelette, On the Fox Roads (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2024 — Best Novella, Mammoths at the Gates (nominee)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2023 — Best Novella, Into the Riverlands (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2021 — Best Novella, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2024 — Best Novella, Mammoths at the Gates (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2024 — Best Novella, Mammoths at the Gates (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2024 — Best Short Fiction, Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood (winner)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2023 — Best Novel, Siren Queen (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2026 — Best Novella, A Mouthful of Dust (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Fantasy Novel, The City in Glass (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Novella, The Brides of High Hill (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2025 — Best Short Story, Stitched to Skin Like Family Is (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Novelette, On the Fox Roads (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Novella, Mammoths at the Gates (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2023 — Best Fantasy Novel, Siren Queen (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2023 — Best Novella, Into the Riverlands (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best First Novel (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Novella, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (nominee)
- ✦Mythopoeic Awards 2025 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, The City in Glass (nominee)
- ✦Ignyte Awards 2023 — Best Novel – Adult, Siren Queen (nominee)
- 🏆Ignyte Awards 2023 — Best Novella, Into the Riverlands (winner)
- ✦Ignyte Awards 2021 — Best Novella, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (nominee)