A writer and editor in pursuit of urgent and enduring stories. He works across fiction and journalism.
Based in Brooklyn, NY.
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A writer and editor in pursuit of urgent and enduring stories. He works across fiction and journalism.
Based in Brooklyn, NY.
About/Contact
BOOKS
New Waves is a novel about friendship and grief in the internet age. It was named as one of the best books of 2020 by NPR, the New York Public Library, Parade, and Kirkus.
Mỹ Documents follows four siblings who are separated after the U.S. begins detaining Vietnamese Americans. Esquire, Time, and The New Yorker call it one of the best books of 2025 so far.
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EDITING for MAGAZINES
At The Verge, Nguyen has edited long-form narrative features about technology, business, and labor. His stories have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Magazine Award.
He has also edited cover stories for New York Magazine about delivery workers, violence against Asian Americans, and the hidden labor of AI. Previously, he was the culture editor at GQ, and published profiles, fashion portfolios, and front-of-book packages.
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WRITING for MAGAZINES
Nguyen has published feature-length journalism, profiles, and cultural criticism at The Verge and GQ. In addition to the places he’s worked, Nguyen has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, The New Republic, Grantland, The Awl, and elsewhere.
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MANUSCRIPT EDITING
Nguyen edits book-length projects on a selective basis. Recently, he developed and edited Zoë Schiffer’s Extremely Hardcore, an exposé into Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter and the shifting labor movement in Silicon Valley.
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