Terry Hong

Terry Hong is a writer and arts consultant, specializing in books, theater, and film. She created and maintains Smithsonian BookDragon, a multi-culti book review blog for the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, where she served as the media arts consultant for eight years and later on APAC's Advisory Board. She was an Advisor to Girl Rising, a global action campaign highlighting girls’ education; she was the Literary Coordinator for the groundbreaking film of the same name. She taught for two years in Duke University’s Leadership in the Arts, a New York City-based performance and public policy program. She co-authored two books, Eastern Standard Time: A Guide to Asian Influence on American Culture from Astro Boy to Zen Buddhism and What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature; other publication credits include Booklist, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, School Library Journal, New York Times, Washington Post. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Yale University.

Terry served as a judge for the 2019 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing.