Celeste Ng | Knowledge & Wisdom

“You should be able to count on the goodwill and generosity of others to survive … and by ‘others’ I mean our society and our society safety net. ‘Others’ is all of us.”

—Celeste Ng(born July 30, 1980). Exploring ideas of race, class, and family, this Cambridge, Massachusetts, author first made a name for herself with her 2014 debut novel, Everything I Never Told You. Her follow-up, Little Fires Everywhere, not only was widely named a best book of 2017 but also is being developed as a Hulu miniseries starring Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon.