Celeste Ng
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Celeste Ng is an American novelist known for her bestselling, emotionally nuanced family dramas such as "Little Fires Everywhere" and "Everything I Never Told You."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Celeste Ng canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4687741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Celeste Ng Context triple: [Little Fires Everywhere, authorOfSourceMaterial, Celeste Ng]
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A.
Cathy Park Hong
Cathy Park Hong is a Korean American poet, essayist, and professor known for her innovative poetry collections and the acclaimed essay collection "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning."
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B.
Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist known for her introspective, formally inventive works such as "The History of Love" and "Great House," which often explore memory, identity, and Jewish history.
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C.
Sara Quin
Sara Quin is a Canadian musician best known as one half of the indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.
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D.
Susan Choi
Susan Choi is an acclaimed Korean American novelist known for her psychologically complex, formally inventive fiction, including the National Book Award–winning novel "Trust Exercise."
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E.
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward is an acclaimed American novelist and two-time National Book Award winner known for her powerful portrayals of Black life in the rural U.S. South.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Celeste Ng Target entity description: Celeste Ng is an American novelist known for her bestselling, emotionally nuanced family dramas such as "Little Fires Everywhere" and "Everything I Never Told You."
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A.
Cathy Park Hong
Cathy Park Hong is a Korean American poet, essayist, and professor known for her innovative poetry collections and the acclaimed essay collection "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning."
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B.
Nicole Krauss
Nicole Krauss is an acclaimed contemporary American novelist known for her introspective, formally inventive works such as "The History of Love" and "Great House," which often explore memory, identity, and Jewish history.
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C.
Sara Quin
Sara Quin is a Canadian musician best known as one half of the indie pop duo Tegan and Sara.
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D.
Susan Choi
Susan Choi is an acclaimed Korean American novelist known for her psychologically complex, formally inventive fiction, including the National Book Award–winning novel "Trust Exercise."
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E.
Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward is an acclaimed American novelist and two-time National Book Award winner known for her powerful portrayals of Black life in the rural U.S. South.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American novelist
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novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television miniseries ⓘ |
| author | Celeste Ng ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
American Library Association’s Alex Award
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linked to:
Alex Award
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature ⓘ Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction ⓘ
linked to:
Goodreads Choice Awards
Massachusetts Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1980-07-30 ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor of Arts in English
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Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer | GrubStreet (Boston writing center) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Chinese American ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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dystopian fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| grewUpIn |
Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
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linked to:
Shaker Heights
|
| hasChild | one son ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.celesteng.com/ ⓘ |
| influencedBy | her experiences as a Chinese American woman ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotionally nuanced family dramas
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explorations of race, class, and identity ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Everything I Never Told You
ⓘ
Little Fires Everywhere ⓘ
linked to:
Little Fires Everywhere (novel)
Our Missing Hearts ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| publicationDate |
2014
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2017 ⓘ 2022 ⓘ |
| residence |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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| setIn |
Ohio, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Ohio
Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Shaker Heights
|
| spouse | Bill Pierce ⓘ |
| workFocusesOn |
family relationships
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motherhood ⓘ racial and cultural identity ⓘ suburban life ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Celeste Ng Description of subject: Celeste Ng is an American novelist known for her bestselling, emotionally nuanced family dramas such as "Little Fires Everywhere" and "Everything I Never Told You."
Referenced by (13)
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