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Cecily Wong

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Cecily is the author of three books. Her debut novel, Diamond Head (Harper, HarperCollins), was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, recipient of an Elle Readers' Prize, and voted a best debut of the 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival. Her second novel, Kaleidoscope (Dutton, Penguin Random House), will be published July 5, 2022. Cecily is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Gastro Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to Food (Workman Publishing).

Cecily’s work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The LA Review of Books, Self Magazine, Bustle, Atlas Obscura, and elsewhere. A graduate of Barnard College, Cecily spent many years living in New York and now lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter. ...more

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	Diamond Head 3.79 avg rating — 2,346 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide by Cecily Wong (Goodreads Author), Dylan Thuras, Atlas Obscura 4.29 avg rating — 1,395 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaleidoscope 3.52 avg rating — 1,655 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Explorer's Library: Books That Inspire Wonder (Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura 2-Book Set) by Atlas Obscura, Dylan Thuras, Cecily Wong (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaleidoscope: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Diamond Head: A Novel by Cecily Wong (Goodreads Author), Nancy Wu (narrator), Samantha Chen (narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Angel of Losses

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All Our Names

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A Thousand Acres

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“How to try it The Canadian Potato Museum is located on Prince Edward Island. Their café serves everything PEI potato, from french fries to potato fudge.”
― Cecily Wong, Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide

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“See, these knots, they do not depart when you do. This is where the most confusion lies. These knots are passed, from mother to daughter, from a father to his son. So that the more you lose your way—as the knots gather, as they sprout, the harder you make it for your children to find love, and”
― Cecily Wong, Diamond Head

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