Nora Nyugen is a pseudonym for Thao Thai. Thao is the author of Banyan Moon, a TODAY Show Read with Jenna pick, Barnes & Noble Discover Pick, and Book of the Month selection. Banyan Moon was also selected by booksellers as an IndieNext pick and longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Her work has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Wired, Elle, Lit Hub, Electric Lit, Catapult, The Sunday Long Read, Cup of Jo, and other publications. She lives in central Ohio with her husband and daughter.
