Chloe Gong

Chloe Gong (born 16 December 1998) is a New Zealand novelist specialising in young adult fiction. Her 2020 debut novel, These Violent Delights, was a New York Times best seller.

Chloe Gong
Chloe Gong at the 2024 Texas Book Festival.
Born	(1998-12-16) 16 December 1998 (age 26) Shanghai, China
Occupation	Novelist
Citizenship	New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Years active	2020–present
Notable works	These Violent Delights
Notable awards	Sir Julius Vogel Award (2021)
Website
thechloegong.com

Life and career

Gong was born in Shanghai, China, and moved to New Zealand with her family when she was two years old.^[1] She has a younger sister and brother. She was raised on the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand, and attended Rangitoto College.^[2][3] While growing up in New Zealand, Gong was immersed in Chinese culture at home, speaking Shanghainese, cooking Chinese food, and celebrating Chinese holidays.^[1]

Gong began writing books at the age of 13 using the Notes app on her iPad. By December 2020, she had written nine books, about one manuscript per year. In 2021, Gong graduated with a double major in English and International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.^[4]

Gong wrote her 2020 debut novel, These Violent Delights, in May 2018 after her freshman year of college.^[3] The book features a 1920s Romeo and Juliet-esque storyline set in Shanghai. At the age of 21, Gong became one of the youngest writers to author a young adult hardcover on The New York Times Best Seller list.^[4][5] She won the Best Youth Novel at the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for These Violent Delights.^[6] The sequel, Our Violent Ends, was released in November 2021.^[7] In 2021, These Violent Delights was noted to be frequently discussed by the BookTok community on TikTok, which was associated with an increase in sales.^[8]

Gong is also writing a spinoff duology that follows Rosalind, a character from the initial series. The first book of the spinoff duology, Foul Lady Fortune, was released fall 2022.^[9][10]

In November 2021, Gong announced her first adult fantasy trilogy, inspired by Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City. The first book of the trilogy, Immortal Longings, was released in summer 2023.^[11] The second book, Vilest Things, released in fall 2024.

Bibliography

These Violent Delights series

• These Violent Delights (2020)
• "A RomaJuliette Christmas Special" (2020, short story)
• Our Violent Ends (2021)

Foul Lady Fortune series

• "The Priest and the Shepherd" (2022, short story)
• Foul Lady Fortune (2022)
• Foul Heart Huntsman (2023)
• Last Violent Call (novella collection, contains the novellas "A Foul Thing" and "This Foul Murder") (2023)
• "In True Delights" (2023, short story)

Flesh and False Gods series

• Immortal Longings (2023)
• Vilest Things (2024)

Coldwire series

• Coldwire (2025)

Standalone Stories

• "A Thousand More" (2022, short story) from the 2022 anthology Eternally Yours, edited by Patrice Caldwell.
• "An Eternal Fire" (2024, short story) from the 2024 anthology Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In, edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker.