My latest graphic memoir, All Our Ordinary Stories, about the legacies of upheaval and life as a child of immigrants, is available everywhere (and recently won two Alberta Literary Awards: the Memoir Prize and the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction).

Canada Amazon.ca | Indigo | Arsenal Pulp

U.S. Amazon.com | Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble

“An expertly paced work of comics told in black and white, using crisp, direct prose alongside unassuming but meaningful illustrations, All Our Ordinary Stories is a memoir of quiet longing and of what it means to live in the aftermath.”

– NPR, Books We Love 2024
“In All Our Ordinary Stories, a graphic memoir, Wong explores what it means to translate one generation’s reality to the next. Her illustrations transcend language, conveying all manner of silences with stunning effect.”

– The Walrus
“Wong explores her Chinese immigrant parents’ history with gentle curiosity, wry humor, and moments of aching regret.”

– Publishers Weekly
“All Our Ordinary Stories is a moving, honest graphic memoir about a woman’s efforts to find her own identity by deepening her understanding of her parents and their pasts.”

– Foreword Reviews (starred review)
“What emerges from the fractured segments of Wong’s story is not just a poignant tale of intergenerational trauma, but also an inspiring portrait of familial dedication that embraces wisdom, grace, and love.”

– Kirkus Reviews
“Stories, ordinary or not, all require a language to tell them, and Wong’s skilled, vivid use of the comics medium to 'write (her) own way forward' will resonate with readers.”

– The Winnipeg Free Press

Featured comics & writing

Panel from my CBC comic where I'm looking at a laptop with a potential photo of my great-grandfather

Searching for proof | CBC

Gouache illustration of a pink blouse on a hanger

Closet Dispatch | Substack

Tantrum Series | The Walrus

Panel featuring a young Teresa riding the bus in the dark from my Believer comic

Piano Lessons | The Believer

Capitalism is running out of flavors | The New Yorker

Panel of me falling with a baby from my McSweeney's comic

Safety Net | McSweeney’s

Events & workshops

I have given lectures and workshops in person and online through organizations such as Sequential Artists Workshop, Creative Nonfiction, and Writer’s Digest, as well as to university classes around the world. In addition to teaching, I’ve also presented at some of the biggest comics, writing, and marketing conferences in North America, including AWP (2025), SXSW (2022), San Diego Comic-Con (2020), and Vancouver Writers Fest.

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About me

Teresa Wong is the author of the acclaimed graphic memoirs All Our Ordinary Stories and Dear Scarlet, both longlisted for CBC Canada Reads. All Our Ordinary Stories has also received two Alberta Literary Awards: the Memoir Award and the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction. Her comics and writing have appeared in The Believer, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s and The Walrus. A teacher of graphic narrative at Gotham Writers Workshop, she was also the 2021–22 Canadian Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary.

Teresa Wong 1 (1.9 MB)
Teresa Wong 2 (2.3 MB)
Photo credit: Kaitlin Moerman
All Our Ordinary Stories (1.4 MB)
Dear Scarlet (3 MB)

Teresa Wong, sitting on a chair in a photo studio

I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and Calgary Arts Development

“An expertly paced work of comics told in black and white, using crisp, direct prose alongside unassuming but meaningful illustrations, All Our Ordinary Stories is a memoir of quiet longing and of what it means to live in the aftermath.”

“In All Our Ordinary Stories, a graphic memoir, Wong explores what it means to translate one generation’s reality to the next. Her illustrations transcend language, conveying all manner of silences with stunning effect.”

“Wong explores her Chinese immigrant parents’ history with gentle curiosity, wry humor, and moments of aching regret.”

“All Our Ordinary Stories is a moving, honest graphic memoir about a woman’s efforts to find her own identity by deepening her understanding of her parents and their pasts.”

“What emerges from the fractured segments of Wong’s story is not just a poignant tale of intergenerational trauma, but also an inspiring portrait of familial dedication that embraces wisdom, grace, and love.”

“Stories, ordinary or not, all require a language to tell them, and Wong’s skilled, vivid use of the comics medium to 'write (her) own way forward' will resonate with readers.”