Rachel Khong

Rachel Khong is an American author, editor, and essayist known for her tender and introspective fiction. Born in Malaysia and raised in California, she holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Florida. She previously served as the executive editor of Lucky Peach magazine and founded The Ruby, a workspace for women and nonbinary writers. Her debut novel, Goodbye, Vitamin, won the California Book Award for First Fiction, and her second novel, Real Americans, was a New York Times bestseller.