Sheung-King Explained

Sheung-King is the pen name of Aaron Tang,^[1] a Canadian writer whose novel Batshit Seven was the winner of the 2024 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.^[2]

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tang lived in both Canada and Hong Kong before moving to Toronto, Ontario.^[3] You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked was published in 2020 by Book*hug,^[4] and was a shortlisted nominee for the 2021 Amazon.ca First Novel Award^[5] and the 2021 Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.^[6]

Batshit Seven, his second novel, was published in 2024 by Penguin Random House.

Notes and References

1. [Brett Josef Grubisic]
2. https://www.cbc.ca/books/sheung-king-martha-baillie-among-writers-trust-literary-prize-winners-1.7386578 "Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners"
3. Michelle Cyca, "Book review: Tracing a terminated relationship’s lingering, intimate moments". Vancouver Sun, December 22, 2020.
4. [Thea Lim]
5. Vicky Qiao, "Five Little Indians by Michelle Good wins $60K Amazon First Novel Award". CBC Books, May 28, 2021.
6. https://www.cbc.ca/books/ivan-coyote-david-a-robertson-julie-flett-among-finalists-for-25k-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.6209298 "Ivan Coyote, David A. Robertson & Julie Flett among finalists for $25K Governor General's Literary Awards"