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Victo Ngai

倪傳婧

Birth place: Guangdong Province, China

16 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
May 2011 Interior Art Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order Tor.com, May 25, 2011
October 2012 Interior Art Foundation Tor.com, October 24, 2012
October 2012 Interior Art Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill Tor.com, October 17, 2012
April 2013 Interior Art The Ink Readers of Doi Saket Tor.com, April 24, 2013
June 2013 Interior Art A Window or a Small Box Tor.com, June 5, 2013
August 2013 Interior Art Warm Up Tor.com, August 20, 2013
April 2014 Interior Art The End of the End of Everything Tor.com, April 23, 2014
August 2014 Interior Art A Cup of Salt Tears Tor.com, August 27, 2014
March 2015 Interior Art The Museum and the Music Box Tor.com, March 18, 2015
April 2015 Interior Art The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn Tor.com, April 22, 2015
February 2016 |2 Interior Art The Great Detective Tor.com, February 17, 2016
October 2016 |2 Interior Art Clover Tor.com, October 25, 2016
2017 Cover Art People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
July 2017 Interior Art Waiting on a Bright Moon Tor.com, July 12, 2017
August 2018 Interior Art No Flight Without the Shatter Tor.com, August 15, 2018
January 2020 104 Interview The Color of Nature Clarkesworld, January 2020

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2017 British Science Fiction Award Best Artwork Waiting on a Bright Moon Winner
2017 Chesley Award Best Cover Illustration - Paperback or Ebook Forest of Memory Nominee

Chinese-born American illustrator. "Victo" is short for Victoria.
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Year Publication Title
Cover May 2011 Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order
Cover October 2012 Foundation Foundation
Cover October 2012 Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill
Cover April 2013 The Ink Readers of Doi Saket The Ink Readers of Doi Saket
Cover June 2013 A Window or a Small Box A Window or a Small Box
Cover August 2013 Warm Up Warm Up
Cover September 2013 Vicious Vicious
Cover 2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
Cover March 2014 Beyond the Door Beyond the Door
Cover April 2014 The End of the End of Everything The End of the End of Everything
Cover August 2014 A Cup of Salt Tears A Cup of Salt Tears
Cover March 2015 The Museum and the Music Box The Museum and the Music Box
Cover April 2015 The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn
Cover May 2015 The Telling Stone The Telling Stone
Cover December 2015 The Elephants' Graveyard The Elephants' Graveyard
Cover February 2016 Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition
Cover February 2016 The Great Detective The Great Detective
Cover March 2016 Forest of Memory Forest of Memory
Cover August 2016 The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
Cover September 2016 Everfair Everfair
Cover November 2016 The Cartographer's Daughter The Cartographer's Daughter
Cover 2017 People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination
Cover February 2017 Amberlough Amberlough
Cover July 2017 Waiting on a Bright Moon Waiting on a Bright Moon
Cover March 2018 Norse Mythology Norse Mythology
Cover August 2018 No Flight Without the Shatter No Flight Without the Shatter
Cover August 2018 The Moons of Barsk The Moons of Barsk
Cover September 2019 The Green Children of Woolpit The Green Children of Woolpit
Cover September 2019 The Infinite Noise The Infinite Noise
Cover October 2019 Angel Mage Angel Mage
Cover May 2020 The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
Cover September 2020 A Neon Darkness A Neon Darkness
Cover September 2020 Burning Roses Burning Roses
Cover February 2022 Scorpica Scorpica
Cover March 2022 A Memory Called Empire A Memory Called Empire
Cover May 2022 The Battle of the Labyrinth The Battle of the Labyrinth
Cover May 2022 The Last Olympian The Last Olympian
Cover May 2022 The Lightning Thief The Lightning Thief
Cover May 2022 The Sea of Monsters The Sea of Monsters
Cover May 2022 The Titan's Curse The Titan's Curse
Cover March 2023 Arca Arca
Cover September 2023 The Chalice of the Gods The Chalice of the Gods
Cover September 2023 The Siren, the Song, and the Spy The Siren, the Song, and the Spy
Cover July 2024 The Night Ends with Fire The Night Ends with Fire
Cover August 2024 The Girl with No Reflection The Girl with No Reflection
Cover September 2024 Wrath of the Triple Goddess Wrath of the Triple Goddess

Year Publication Title
November 2010 Spectrum 17: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Maneater
November 2010 Spectrum 17: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The New Standard
November 2011 Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Lost in Translation
November 2011 Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Metropolitan Hunting Season
December 2012 Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Dragon Year Poster
December 2012 Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Grooming Day
December 2012 Spectrum 19: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Wing Chun
November 2013 Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Best of the Best
November 2013 Spectrum 20: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Cobol Braindrain
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies 'They say the orange tree produces a dry, sour orange when it grows in the south, a sweet, juicy one when it grows in the north. The leaves are similar, the taste of the fruit altogether different. Why so? Because the soil and water are not the same.'
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies Every day after tethering the buffalo, he would sit and read beneath the willows.
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies The General's guard of several hundred men, swords drawn and bows taut, entered the space in front of the main hall.
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies The interior was like a large chamber. They saw a giant swine missing its left forefoot lying in a pool of blood.
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies The monk himself, unaware that he was dead, floated away with his soul intact.
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies The priest poured the water over the seed he had planted ... Behold! a tiny shoot appeared. Steadily it increased in size until it became a full-grown tree, with twigs and leaves in unruly profusion.
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies The scholar paid his respects to the tree, after giving a full account of the situation, put the question to the tree, 'So then, does the wolf have the right to eat me?'
2014 Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies They changed into tigers. Roaring and leaping, they emerged from the woods.
August 2014 Tor.com, August 27, 2014 A Cup of Salt Tears
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art China's Global Domination
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Deep Thinkers
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Leap
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Moon Catcher
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Tiger Beer Chinese New Year
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Tiger Beer Chinese New Year (detail)
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Tiger Beer Chinese New Year (detail) [2]
November 2014 Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Wadjda
April 2015 Tor.com, April 22, 2015 The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Call for Entries Poster Art (Spectrum 22)
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Cocoon
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Dragon Boat Festival
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Root of Nigeria Religions Segregation
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Cloisters
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Guardians
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Wound and the Gift Animation screenshot 1
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Wound and the Gift Animation screenshot 4
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Time Out of Time
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Too Big to Not Fail
November 2015 Spectrum 22: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Upward Trend
October 2016 Tor.com, October 25, 2016 Clover
November 2016 Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Above and Beyond
November 2016 Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Amex Green
November 2016 Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Humanitarian Raid
July 2017 Tor.com, July 12, 2017 Waiting on a Bright Moon
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Clover
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion cover
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art How a Leopard Sheds Its Spots
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Lucky Rooster 4
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Mixc World Launch (detail)
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Spectrum 25 Advertising Nomination: Mixc World Launch
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Spectrum 25 Editorial Nomination: Sports Stopwatch
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Spectrum 25 Institutional Nomination: Three Color Trilogy Blue
November 2018 Spectrum 25: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Sports Fans
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Advertising Nomination: Earth Species Project
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Advertising Nomination: Earth Species Project (detail)
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Editorial Nomination: Opener
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Graduation
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Goddess of Fortune—Rosé
November 2019 Spectrum 26: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art The Star—PinotGrigio
November 2020 Spectrum 27: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Art for "Game of Thrones"
March 2022 A Memory Called Empire A Memory Called Empire