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About Kevin Chong

Kevin Chong (born 1975) is a Canadian author. Born in Hong Kong, Chong studied at the University of British Columbia and Columbia University, where he received an MFA in fiction writing.

His first novel, Baroque-a-Nova, was published in Canada by Penguin in 2001, in the United States by Putnam in 2002, and in France by Ballard in 2002. The New York Times Book Review describes the book as "a readable, if slightly gray, coming-of-age novel." The Quill and Quire described the book as "compact, clear-sighted, and nervy. Chong's grasp of suburban tackiness is laugh-out-loud awesome, right down to the ubiquitous copies of Maclean's magazine on parental coffee tables and trick or treaters dressed as Orville Redenbacher."

His second book Neil Young Nation (2005), a non-fiction work, traces the steps of Neil Young's 1970 trip across Canada and the United States. New York Times Book Review of compared the book to "watching an endless home movie in which a not very close friend visits all the houses he grew up in." The Georgia Straight suggested that "Still looking for happiness, community, and fulfillment, Chong is a genuine seeker-and his journey is a ride worth taking."

Kevin Chong writes about Fiction, Biography, Horse racing, Fiction, general, Canada, and Biographies. Their best-known work is Double Life of Benson Yu.

On FindMyTBR we track 32 books by Kevin Chong, 32 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including 101+ Mom Life Hacks to Reclaim Your Time (and Sanity), Beneath The Surface, and Defy Your DNA: How To Outsmart Your Genetics and Master The Art Of Staying Well. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.