Beth Nguyen

|birth_place = Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |occupation = |nationality = American |education = University of Michigan (MFA) |genre = |spouse = Porter Shreve |website = }} Beth Minh Nguyen (, born 1974) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. She is the author of the novels ''Short Girls'' (2009), which won a 2010 American Book Award, and ''Pioneer Girl'' (2014). She has also written two memoirs, ''Stealing Buddha's Dinner'' (2008) and ''Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir'' (2023). Provided by Wikipedia