PHONG NGUYEN

Phong Nguyen is the author of five books, most recently the novel Bronze Drum, which was named one of NPR's Best Books of the Year for 2022 and a Book of the Month Club selection for August 2022. His other books have won awards including the Prairie Heritage Award and the Elixir Press Fiction Award. He is the series editor for the Social Justice Anthology published by University of New Mexico Press. He currently serves as the Miller Family Endowed Chair in Literature and Writing at the University of Missouri, where he teaches fiction-writing.