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Ling Ma



Ling Ma received her MFA from Cornell University. Prior to graduate school she worked as a journalist and editor. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Vice, Playboy, Chicago Reader, Ninth Letter and elsewhere. A chapter of Severance received the 2015 Graywolf SLS Prize. She lives in Chicago.
 

Awards: NBCC (2022)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction
 
Novels
   Severance (2018)
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Collections
   Bliss Montage (2022)
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Books containing stories by Ling Ma
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The Best American Short Stories 2023 (2023)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Min Jin Lee
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The Best Short Stories 2023 (2023)
(O. Henry Prize Stories)
edited by
Lauren Groff

Awards
2022 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction : Bliss Montage
2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction : Severance

Award nominations
2019 PEN/Hemingway Award (nominee) : Severance
2019 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Severance


Ling Ma recommends
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The Sisters K (2024)
Maureen Sun
"Clear-sighted and unafraid, The Sisters K is astoundingly perceptive in its insights about human nature. It is also beautifully written, its emotional intelligence apparent in every passage. This is, simply put, an excellent novel."
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Same Bed Different Dreams (2023)
Ed Park
"Totally astounding . . . Same Bed Different Dreams emits a prismatic intelligence operating on multiple frequencies. I didn't know I'd been waiting for a book like this until I encountered it."
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Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go (2023)
Cleo Qian
"Perfectly askew, the stories in LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO thrum with restless questioning and acute longing, shot through with tart, knowing observations. It seemed to vibrate in my hands as I read it."

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