Thao Votang’s LIKE MOONLIGHT, in which 27-year-old Linh Ly, the only child of immigrant parents, navigates with deadpan humor her aging parents’ divorce, the crumbling of her perfectly controlled life, and new relationships in Texan high society and a changing one with her mother, informed by the author’s experience as part of the Vietnamese diaspora deep in the Lone Star state, to Toni Kirkpatrick at Alcove Press by Amanda Orozco at Transatlantic Literary Agency.
Thao Votang is a writer based in Austin, Texas. Her work has been published in Salon, Sightlines, Southwest Contemporary, Still: The Journal, and Lucky Jefferson. She co-edited Conflict of Interest, an arts & lit publication, and co-founded the Tiny Park arts space. When she’s not looking at art, she can be found reading one of the many books she has put in her bag or hidden under that couch cushion. Her fiction is informed by her experience as part of the Vietnamese diaspora deep in the lone star state, her interest in how we love our mothers, and the impending climate catastrophe.
Thao is represented by Amanda Orozco.
Congratulations Thao!