novelist and storyteller
Neon YanG
is the author of the critically-acclaimed Tensorate series of novellas from Tor.com Publishing, with books and stories published as JY Yang and JY Neon Yang. Their debut novel, The Genesis of Misery, is out from Tor Books in 2022.
hugo award finalist
the black tides of heaven,
best novella, 2018
nebula award finalist
the black tides of heaven,
best novella, 2018
lammy award finalist
the descent of monsters,
best novella, science fiction & fantasy, 2019
Queer asian science fantasy
The Tensorate novellas, beginning with THE BLACK TIDES OF HEAVEN, have garnered critical acclaim, and have been nominated for almost every major SFF award (Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Otherwise, Locus).
praise for the tensorate series
“Joyously wild stuff… Highly recommended.”
— N.K. Jemisin for The New York Times
“like a Miyazaki movie decided to jump off the screen and sear itself into prose, and in doing so became something entirely new.”
— Indrapramit Das, author of The Devourers
“Yang captures an epic sweep in compact, precise prose.”
— Publishers Weekly starred review
“Each moment is a glistening pearl, all strung together in a wonder of world-creation.”
— Ken Liu, Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award winner
