Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen

6 Series

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American author and a New York Times bestselling novelist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Nguyen is also a professor at the University of Southern California.

In "Chicken of the Sea," Viet Thanh Nguyen's picture book illustrated by Thi Bui, a group of adventurous chickens abandon farm life to join the pirate crew of the Pitiless. Under the leadership of a seasoned captain, they embark on a quest for fortune and glory. Their journey leads them into the realm of the Dog Knights, where they confront challenges that test their courage and mercy. Through their maritime adventures, the chickens learn valuable lessons about bravery and resilience.

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

(2015)

The Committed

(2020)

Standalone Novels

The Sympathizer

(2015)

The Refugees

(2017)

Short Stories/Novellas

Black-Eyed Women

(2017)

Picture

Chicken of the Sea

(2019)

Non-Fiction

Race and Resistance

(2002)

Nothing Ever Dies

(2016)

A Man of Two Faces

(2023)

To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other

(2025)

Anthologies

Looking Back on the Vietnam War: Twenty-First-Century Perspectives

(2016)

Ploughshares Summer 2016 Guest-Edited by Claire Messud & James Wood

(2016)

One World Two

(2016)

The Displaced

(2018)

Fight of the Century

(2020)

The Writer's Library

(2020)

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