Victoria Namkung is a Los Angeles-based author, journalist, and speaker whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, TheGuardian, NBC News, VICE, and Washington Post, among other publications.
She's the author of the novels, The Things We Tell Ourselves and These Violent Delights, and her master’s thesis from UCLA on import car racing and Asian American masculinity was published in the anthology Asian American Youth.
A former college instructor, Victoria has given talks at UNC Charlotte, LitFest Pasadena, Bad Advice From Bad Women, and Mixed Remixed, and has appeared on BBC World Report, KCRW, NBC News, and SIRIUSXM.