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Khan Wong
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SFF Author, retired hula hooper & bohemian weirdo 🏳️‍🌈 ✍️📚

DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS 🌊🍵🐋 and THE CIRCUS INFINITE 👽🎪💜out now from Angry Robot Books

rep: Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary

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Recent, current, and to-be-reads. Not pictured are the three eArcs I recently read for blurbing purposes. 📚
A stack of books, spines out, featuring the titles: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, The Nightmare Box by Cynthia Gomez, The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez, Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders, Atacama by Jendia Gammon, The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Welcome new followers! I post about books, writing, pop culture interests, sometimes random life things. I try not to chime in on 💿🐴 unless I genuinely believe I can add value to the conversation. That's the goal anyway 😅

Currently an author, former arts funder and hula hooper.

In CA? Yes on 50!
Selfie of the author pointing at an "I voted" sticker on his shirt.
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Stoked to be part of Octocon 2025 talking about stuff and things. Schedule coming soon. Thanks for having me, @octocon.bsky.social
Photo of the author Khan Wong promoting Octocon, Saturday 11 October 2025 - Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin and Online; Sunday 12 October 2025 Online. Proudly supported by SDCC. www.octocon.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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The Columbus Book Festival was a blast - well run, with an enthusiastic and supportive audience. I met so many readers and fellow authors, and they sold out of both my books. I sent quite a few folks to @bookshop.org as an alternative. Thanks for having me Columbus!
Panel backdrop featuring the title Other Worlds: Building Sci-Fi Spaces with the author names Matt Dinniman, Arkady Martine, and Khan Wong, with their book covers Overhead shot of the bookseller’s area in the Columbus Metropolitan Library diring the Columbus Book Festival black orbs of unknown material hangong from the ceiling of the lobby at the Columbus Metropolitan Library selfie of the author in the Columbus Metropolitan Library
July 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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May 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Bookshop.org is celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with a 20% off sale, and I'm pleased to report that DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS is one of the featured fiction titles. Check out the diversity of work by AAPI authors and maybe find a new favorite. The sale runs through May 31st.

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Graphic announcing Bookshop.org's 20% sale with code AAPI25, to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
May 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Thank you @theinfophile.bsky.social for sharing your thoughts on Down in the Sea of Angels! Discussion starts at 15:20

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screenshot from BookRiot’s New Books podcast, highlighting the April 22, 2025 episode
May 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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If you see this, post the most recent picture of yourself from your camera roll.

This was taken by someone else and texted to me and I saved it to my camera roll
A tatooed man with a white beard in a black t-shirt and matching beanie sitting in front of bookshelves with a brightly colored book in front of him on a table.
May 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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I made a series of graphics to promote Down in the Sea of Angels on Instagram. This is my favorite one. I hope you buy the book (anywhere books are sold) or get it from your library 💚🍵

#sff #scifi #fantasy #booksky 🌈🚀💫
image of a breeching whale, with a quote: “For all the differences in our material vessels, we are the same spirit-stuff, the spark of life, the blaze of consciousness. We have a duty to it, don’t we? How much more can we heal those world? How mich more beauty can we make? How much more gratitudd can we poir out into the sea of our existence, the roiling in and out tidal cycles of our lives?” quote from the novel DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS by Khan Wong at bottom: cover art for Down in the Sea of Angels, logos for Dreamscape, Angry Robot, and url for khanwong.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Support your local indie or Bookshop(dot)org over the ‘zon!
Logo for Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday, April 26, 2025
April 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Very excited to share that I will be a featured author at the Columbus Book Festival in July. It is a stacked list of authors across many genres, and I'm happy to be part of it.
Graphic with the headline "See you there, book nerds!" along with the cover of Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong, and the logo of the Columbus Book Festival, July 12 - 13, 2025 in Columbus, OH graphic with the header "Featured Author" and the logo of the Columbus Book Festival, July 12-13 in Columbus, OH. At the bottom it reads "Meet me at the book festival!"
April 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Pre-orders:

paperback and ebook: bookshop.org/p/books/down...

audio: rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

Add on Goodreads! And/or Storygraph if they do that there!
photo of rock formation by the sea with a starry sky. Quote: "Li Nuan, Nathan, and Maida all must find ways to push back against the dark forces in their communities, and make positive change. The shape of their story unfolds in time, and while this crew have past and future covered - the now, with its own darkness and light - is up to us. Each of these characters must find ways to change their worlds, and I hope that their stories inspire you to change yours." - from the Author's Letter to ARC Readers. Cover art for Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong/out on April 22, 2025 in paperback and ebook from Angry Robot Books, in audio from Dreamscape/RBmedia. Logos of the publishers/URL for khanwong.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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What albums came out when you were 21?

My original post included Ritual de lo Habitual by Jane’s Addiction, one of my favorite albums of all time, but the cover was flagged as adult content because of the sculpture on it. iykyk. So dumb
album cover: World Clique by Deeelite. The group in front of a starry background striking playful poses in early 1990s club-kid fashions album cover: I do not want what I haven’t got by Sinéad O’Connor. A close-up portrait of Sinéad with light focused on her eyes album cover: Violator by Depeche Mode. A stylized image of a rose with a red filter on a black background album cover: Heaven or Las Vegas by the Cocteau Twins. Abstract streaks of yellow-orange-red lights against a red and purple background
March 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Just about a month until the release of my intergenerational tale of psychic powers, liberation, and our connectedness through time. Thought I’d share a blurb. This one from @danhanks.bsky.social

See pinned post for pre-orders

@angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈📚 #sff #asianamericanbooks
Image of time-lapsed stars with a blurb promoting Down in the Sea of Angels by Khan Wong. “…a beautiful, generations-spanning story about resilience, permanence, and hope. A story about the lies we tell ourselves and the lies that reshape societies, amd the weight of truth…An absolute must read that strikes multiple chords in these turbulent times and leaves you feeling like you can still make a difference.” Quote by Dan Hanks, author of The Way Up is Death
March 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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We are six weeks out from the release of Down in the Sea of Angels! Figured it was time to share a blurb, this one from the brilliant Annalee Newitz.

Pre-order from my pinned post
Quote that reads “A dazzling, time-bending thriller about three people living in San Francisco, separated by centuries but united by disaster. I was sucked in immediately amd delighted by the incredible worldbuilding and finely drawn characters. Every time I thought I had figured what was foing to happen, it would get weirder and more fascinating” - Annalee Newitz, author of The Future of Another Timeline, The Terraformers, Four Lost Cities, and others. text appears over a faded out photo of the Transamerica Pyramid and Flatiron Building in San Francisco
March 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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gif of a man caressing a skeleton. Caption: It’s astounding. Time is fleeting
March 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Now through March 14: 25% off at the Tertulia online bookstore. tertulia.com/book/down-in...

Backing off the promo until March (but I will probably reskeet this later today/night)
Announcing a 25% off presale promotion for DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS by Khan Wong on Tertulia the new co-op bookstore cor avid readers. Code: ANGELS. Graphic features the book cover
February 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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It’s up on Netgalley! If you’re on there, request it now. Aaahhhh it begins…!

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
Cover art for the novel DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS by Khan Wong along with the caption: Available to request on Netgalley
February 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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It’s publication day! Congrats to @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social and all the contributors to this stellar (ha!) anthology 🌟
Image of the anthology Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers with the caption: Now Available! Order from your favorite bookseller
February 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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describe yourself in 4 characters (embarrassing edition)
Azula, Princess of the Fire Nation, shooting blue lighting from her hand Nightcrawler of the X-Men sitting on a roof Jadzia Dax from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, sitting on the stairs of Quark's Faith the Vampire Slayer, stake raised, ready to strike
January 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Here's the next blurb on the road to April 22 - this one from the marvelous Sam J. Miller, author of BLACKFISH CITY (a personal favorite), BOYS, BEASTS & MEN, and THE BLADE BETWEEN, among others. Check out his work if you are not familiar, it's excellent.

Link for my book pinned on my profile 🏳️‍🌈📚
Promotional blurb for DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS by Khan Wong. Quote: "These vivid worlds will make your mind expand and maybe burst; these flawed wonderful characters will make your heart ache and maybe break." - Sam J. Miller, Nebula-Award winning author of BLACKFISH CITY
January 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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I had the pleasure of reading an advance copy of this book that is out today and it was an up-all-night-must-see-what-happens-next read. They made my blurb into a pretty graphic, posted here. One of those reads that's gripping and fun, and also moving. I loved it. Purchase link below.
graphic for THE WAY UP IS DEATH by Dan Hanks. Blurb: "The Way Up is Death draws the reader into its mystery right from the start, and the adventures of the disparate cast of characters are riveting, revelatory and full of pathos and heart. A compulsively bingeable read." - Khan Wong, author of The Circus Infinite
January 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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in other news…I am pleased to share I have signed with @erniechiara.com at @fuseliterary.bsky.social! Looking forward to our work together 🥂
January 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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It's 2025 and I have a book coming out in three months! Some very kind and generous authors gave it a read and said nice things about it, and I'll be sharing blurbs between now and April 22, when it releases. I can't wait for it to be out in the world!

Here's the first one, from Sunyi Dean.
Graphic that features the cover art for the novel DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS by Khan Wong and a quote: "In this beautifully intricate story, Wong shows how our past, present, and future are all connected, and how we can build towards a brighter world." - Sunyi Dean, bestselling author of THE BOOK EATERS
January 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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A productive day working @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social co-working space today! 3,315 words. Finally getting some momentum on the new wip ✍️📚
a selfie of the author in an office space with an orange wall and green door
December 13, 2024 at 1:05 AM