The Descent of Monsters was a finalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ SF/F/Horror. The Tensorate series continued with the novellas The Descent of Monsters in 2018 and The Ascent to Godhood in 2019. The Black Tides of Heaven was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novella, the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and the 2018 Kitschies Golden Tentacle, and was named one of the 100 best fantasy novels of all time by a Time magazine panel. The Red Threads of Fortune was also reviewed by Publishers Weekly, which said "though not as gripping as, the novella authentically depicts trauma and lays promising groundwork for future books in the series". The Black Tides of Heaven received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which called it "a captivating Buddhist-inspired steampunk setting" that "captures an epic sweep in compact, precise prose", and a positive review from Library Journal, which called it (and its sibling volume, The Red Threads of Fortune) "an impressive, fresh debut steeped in Chinese culture".
Their Tensorate series of novellas began in 2017 with the simultaneously released The Black Tides of Heaven and The Red Threads of Fortune, which were published by Tor.com to critical acclaim. Their novelette, "A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, Is Infinite Potential" was a top ten finalist for the 2021 Locus Award for Best Novelette. Their novelette, "Circus Girl, The Hunter, and Mirror Boy" was a finalist for the 2020 Ignyte Award. Their novelette, "Waiting on a Bright Moon" was a top ten finalist for the 2018 Locus Award for Best Novelette.
Yang has published short fiction since 2012 in publications such as Clarkesworld, Lightspeed Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, Apex Magazine and Strange Horizons.
They have a master's degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia and were a member of the 2013 class of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.
They legally changed their name to "Neon" in 2020. Yang is non-binary and queer, and uses they pronouns. Their debut novel, The Genesis of Misery, the first book in The Nullvoid Chronicles, is scheduled for release in 2022 by Tor Books. The third Tensorate novella, The Descent of Monsters, was a finalist for the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ SF/F/Horror. The first Tensorate novella, The Black Tides of Heaven, was a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award, Locus Award, Nebula Award, World Fantasy Award, and Kitschie Award. Neon Yang, formerly JY Yang, is a Singaporean writer of English-language speculative fiction best known for the Tensorate series of novellas published by Tor.com.
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