That book just made her a NYT best-seller'. 'A Penn senior drafted a novel at 19 years old. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. ^ 'TikTok is taking the book industry by storm, and retailers are taking notice'.Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. ^ 'NZ Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 winners announced'.' 'These Violent Delights' Transports Romeo And Juliet To 1920s Shanghai'. 'Meet Chloe Gong, One of the Year's Youngest Best-Selling Authors'. ^ a b Egan, Elisabeth (3 December 2020).'North Shore 21-year-old, Chloe Gong becomes a US bestseller'. ^ a b Zhang, Sherry (4 December 2020).'Chloe Gong is 21, she's from the North Shore, and just wrote a US bestseller'. 'Chloe Gong, 21, Greets the World with her New York Times Best-selling Debut'. ^ a b Lee, Yan-yi French, Martha (2 February 2021).A RomaJuliette Christmas Special (2020) (short story).Bibliography These Violent Delights series The first book of the trilogy, Immortal Longings, will be released in summer 2023. In November 2021, Gong announced her first adult fantasy trilogy, inspired by Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and China's Kowloon Walled City. The first book of the spinoff duology, Foul Lady Fortune, was released fall 2022. Gong is also writing a spinoff duology that follows Rosalind, a character from the initial series.

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. The sequel, Our Violent Ends, was released in November 2021. She won the Best Youth Novel at the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel Awards for These Violent Delights. 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. The book features a 1920s Romeo and Juliet-esque storyline set in Shanghai. Gong wrote her 2020 debut novel, These Violent Delights, in May 2018 after her freshman year of college.

In 2021, Gong graduated with a double major in English and International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. By December 2020, she had written nine books, about one manuscript per year. Gong began writing books at the age of 13 using the Notes app on her iPad. While growing up in New Zealand, Gong was immersed in Chinese culture at home, speaking Shanghainese, cooking Chinese food, and celebrating Chinese holidays. She was raised on the North Shore in Auckland, New Zealand, and attended Rangitoto College. Gong was born in Shanghai, China, and moved to New Zealand with her family when she was two years old. Her 2020 debut novel, These Violent Delights, was a New York Times best seller. Chloe Gong (born 16 December 1998) is a Chinese-born New Zealand author of young adult fiction.

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