Everything i never told you is a 2014 debut novel by celeste ng it topped amazons best books of the year list for 2014 the novel is about a mixed race chinese american family whose middle daughter lydia is found drowned in a lake. Her first novel everything i never told you was the amazon book of the year in 2014 and her short story girls at play won a pushcart prize in 2012 ngs second novel little fires everywhere was published in 2017 in march 2018 entertainment weekly proclaimed that ng has become the novelist of the moment. Everything i never told you celeste ng celeste ng is an american writer and novelist she has released many short stories that have been published in a variety of literary journals ngs first novel everything i never told you was released on june 26 2014 and has won many awards such as amazon book of the year as well as praise from critics. Her first novel everything i never told you was the amazon book of the year in 2014 and her short story girls at play won a pushcart prize in 2012 ngs second novel little fires everywhere was published in 2017 in march 2018 entertainment weekly proclaimed that ng has become the novelist of the moment