News & Media - Danielle Wong

Last Liar Standing is a winner in the 2022 American Writing Awards in the Thriller/Adventure category and a finalist in the Mystery/Suspense category

Last Liar Standing is a two-time gold medalist in the 2023 IPPY Awards

Last Liar Standing is a Top Pick in the 2023 Author Shout Reader Ready Awards

Last Liar Standing is a 2022 Indies Today Award Winner in the Suspense category

Last Liar Standing is a winner in the 2022 American Fiction Awards in the Psychological Thriller category and a finalist in the Mystery/Suspense and Thriller categories

Last Liar Standing is an Eric Hoffer Award Nominee

Last Liar Standing is a winner in the Indie Reader Discovery Awards

Last Liar Standing is a finalist in the 2022 Chanticleer International Book Awards

Last Liar Standing is named a Compelling Read in BooksShelf’s 2023 Writing Contest

Last Liar Standing is a bronze award winner in the 2022 Reader Views Literary Awards

Last Liar Standing is a Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards

Last Liar Standing is a bronze medal winner in the 2022 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards in the Thriller category

Last Liar Standing is a Distinguished Favorite in the 2022 NYC Big Book Awards in the Suspense category

Last Liar Standing is a finalist in the 2022 Best Book Awards in the Thriller/Adventure category

Last Liar Standing is a finalist in the 2022 Page Turner Book Awards

PRAISE FOR LAST LIAR STANDING

“An immensely compelling story of well-placed subterfuge and intrigue.”

INDIES TODAY

“A well-paced puzzler that readers will want to finish in one sitting.”

KIRKUS REVIEWS

“A spooky, exhilarating novel that will keep you spellbound from the first to the last page.”

READER VIEWS

“A fast-paced and captivating novel . . .”

READERS’ FAVORITE

“LAST LIAR STANDING is a brilliantly plotted and utterly gripping psychological thriller that piles on twist after unexpected twist. Well-written, compelling, and credible, this is a novel that proves impossible to put down.”

INDIE READER

“Danielle M. Wong packs this propulsive story with all the elements that are catnip to thriller readers—lurking danger, suspicious characters, eyebrow-raising surprises, twists upon twists—and caps it off with a final reveal you won’t see coming.”

Megan Collins, bestselling author of The Family Plot

“Intense and chilling, Last Liar Standing is a propulsive multilayered thriller enriched by the chaos of greed, manipulation, amnesia, and murder.”

Laurie Buchanan, author of the Sean McPherson novels

“The average person has thirteen secrets right now…a twisty tale of love, loss, friendship, deception, and far more secrets than your average person possesses.”

A.H. Kim, author of A Good Family

“Danielle M. Wong masterfully blurs reality with the imagined until you start to doubt what is really happening. Last Liar Standing is a gripping and twisty thriller, full of heart-stopping scenes that will have you gasping and turning pages.”

Lyn Liao Butler, author of Red Thread of Fate

AWARDS & PRAISE FOR SWEARING OFF STARS

Swearing Off Stars is a proud winner in the 2018 NYC Big Book Awards in the LGBTQ category and a distinguished favorite in the New Fiction and Romance categories

Swearing Off Stars is a proud winner in the 2018 Beverly Hills Book Awards in the LGBTQ Fiction, Cover Design, and New Fiction categories and a finalist in the Romance category

Swearing Off Stars is a proud winner in the 2018 Independent Press Awards in the categories of LGBTQ Fiction and Women’s Fiction

Swearing Off Stars is a proud winner in the 2018 International Book Awards in the LGBTQ Fiction category

Swearing Off Stars is a proud gold medal winner in the 2018 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards in the Historical Fiction category

Swearing Off Stars is a proud winner in the 2018 Next Generation Book Awards in the First Novel category and a finalist in the LGBTQ category

Swearing Off Stars is a proud finalist in the 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards in the categories of LGBTQ Fiction and Women’s Fiction

Swearing Off Stars is a proud finalist and silver winner in the 30th Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards

“Swearing Off Stars is a very beautiful and engaging story with memorable characters and well-developed themes…Danielle M. Wong has a unique gift for plot and thematic development and she makes readers believe in her characters. The story is intelligently plotted, emotionally intense, and beguiling.”

Readers’ Favorite

“A tempestuous, fiery page-turner that will leave you aching and begging for more, Swearing Off Stars is a novel with both great heart and unforgettable characters.”

San Francisco Book Review

“Wong’s novel succeeds in creating congenial characters with an undying commitment to women’s liberation in education, careers, and relationships, particularly those bonds that are stigmatized…An engaging romantic tale that also calls for equality.”

Kirkus Reviews

“Swearing Off Stars is easily one of the most beautiful books I have read. It is joyful, heart-wrenching, and defiant in the face of any opposition to telling the stories of women like Lia and Scarlett. I would recommend this book to any woman, whether part of the LGBT community or not, who wants a reminder that we do have a place in history.”

Manhattan Book Review

“Wong writes a fiery and fantastic novel featuring two women who find true love with one another…Swearing Off Stars is a truly wonderful novel.”

RT Book Reviews

“Swearing Off Stars by Danielle M. Wong tells the spellbinding tale of secret love and gender equality…an engrossing, thought-provoking novel that will be enjoyed by all readers of quality fiction.”

Reader Views

“A fiery page-turner that will leave you begging for more! 5 Stars!”

Cynthia Brian, New York Times best-selling author

“A captivating book for all readers who believe in the power of love.”

Betty Hafner, author of Not Exactly Love: A Memoir

“A novel with great heart and unforgettable characters…Oxford student movements, movie star solitudes, desperation and hope, all entwine in this captivating story.”

Vamsee Juluri, author of Saraswati’s Intelligence