Cecily Wong is the author of three books. Her debut novel, Diamond Head, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, recipient of an Elle Readers' Prize, and voted a best debut of the 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival. Her second novel, Kaleidoscope, was a best book of the month at Buzzfeed, Apple Books, and Today.com. She is also the co-author of The New York Times bestseller Gastro Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to Food. A graduate of Barnard College, Wong now lives in Portland, OR with her husband and daughter.
At MacDowell, Wong worked on her third novel, which follows a young Asian woman who leaves her small village to work at a megahotel in Waikiki.
Portrait by Heather Hawksford
