{"id":15394,"date":"2022-07-21T11:31:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=15394"},"modified":"2022-07-21T13:24:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:24:36","slug":"sandra-sg-wong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/sandra-sg-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra SG Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sandra SG Wong is a novelist and short story writing from Edmonton, Alberta. She holds a BA (Honours) in English literature from the University of Alberta. Wong published her debut novel, Die on Your Feet<\/em>, using the pen name SG Wong. When her novel In the Dark We Forget<\/em> was published in 2022, it was an instant best seller. Wong’s short stories have been published in a several anthologies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Devil Take the Hindmost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published under the name SG Wong
[Edomonton?]: SG Wong, 2016.
Lola Starke series ; bk. 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From the author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a straightforward case: find a missing husband who spends his work days examining old stamps. Still reeling from recent tragedy, however, Lola Starke is tempted to pass altogether, more so since her Ghost Aubrey insists it\u2019s the perfect case to ease back into things. But the wife is adamant that something bad has happened. What\u2019s a shamus to do\u2014especially when the missing man works just down the hall?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But straight ain\u2019t in the cards, not in the middle of a high-stakes business deal involving the City\u2019s most powerful film studio, a wily gangster, a shady fence for stolen goods, a rival PI\u2026and a rare stamp. When her client is kidnapped, Lola discovers just how far down the twisting path she\u2019s willing to go to save the woman and her missing husband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the \u201930s and this is Crescent City, where gangsters and thieves are thick on the ground and the film studios are the biggest game in town. Where smiles hide secrets and intentions mean nothing. Where the only question is, what will it take to be last woman standing?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Die on Your Feet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published under the name SG Wong.
[Edmonton?]: SG Wong, 2015.
Lola Starke series ; bk. 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First published as an e-book by Carina Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lola Starke is a PI with a trust fund. Not that she gets everything she wants\u2014or doesn\u2019t want. Like being rid of her ghost, Aubrey O\u2019Connell, for instance. But in Crescent City, ghosts are commonplace and hosts are supposed to be happy about it. So Lola\u2019s learned to bide her time. It\u2019s served her well as a gwai girl raised in a Chinese city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When two disparate clients won\u2019t take \u2018no\u2019 for an answer, Lola reluctantly agrees to both. She and Aubrey are quickly entangled in a murky puzzle of government officials, drug addicts, angry cops, and the gossamer threads of a dangerous plot. Soon enough, the past comes calling with bad news and worse enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the \u201930s and this is Crescent City, where mah-jongg parlours and film studios hold sway. Where the City\u2019s highest official is a ghost with unimpeachable power and a history with Lola\u2019s mother. Where secrets last only as long as it takes money to change hands\u2014or a gun to pry them loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2014 Arthur Ellis Awards<\/a>—Best First Novel (Crime Writers of Canada)<\/a>(Finalist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In for a Pound<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published under the name SG Wong.
[Edmonton?]: SG Wong, 2015.
Lola Starke series; bk. 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis (From the author’s website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A chance reunion with her schoolgirl crush, Stuey Lim, has Lola Starke dreaming of new possibilities, but her nascent hopes are brutally crushed as she witnesses Stuey and his best friend, Tommy, a world-famous comedian, gunned down in front of Crescent City\u2019s most exclusive club. Shocked and grieving, Lola is nonetheless duty-bound to investigate the deaths at the request of her mentor, Nicky Lo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puzzling out the intricate history of Tommy\u2019s tight-knit show business family, intent on guarding their status as closely as their secrets, is dangerous enough. But Lola must also protect Stuey\u2019s parents from a gangster with suspect claims to Stuey\u2019s cherished missing pocket watch\u2014all while navigating a new phase in her contentious relationship with her Ghost, Aubrey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the \u201930s and this is Crescent City, where hauntings are a normal part of life and magic-fuelled funeral rites determine the dead\u2019s journey in the sacred cycle of reincarnation. Where traditions and family can nurture a comedic genius\u2014or destroy him. And where, no matter how old the secret, blood will out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the Dark We Forget: A Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When a woman wakes up with amnesia beside a mountain highway, confused and alone, she fights to regain her identity, only to learn that her parents have disappeared\u2014not long after her mother bought a winning $47 million lottery ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As her memories painfully resurface and the police uncover details of her parents’ mysterious disappearance, Cleo Li finds herself under increasing suspicion. Even with the unwavering support of her brother, she can’t quite reconcile her fears with reality or keep the harrowing nightmares at bay. As Cleo delves deeper for the truth, she cannot escape the nagging sense that maybe the person she should be afraid of…is herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With jolting revelations and taut ambiguity, In the Dark We Forget <\/em>vividly examines the complexities of family\u2014and the lies we tell ourselves in order to survive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sandra SG Wong personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher HarperCollins Canada<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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