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about viengsamai
Viengsamai Fetters (pronounced wing-sum-eye fed-erz) is a queer Laotian-American fiction editor and professional bookworm.
They are currently an Associate Editor with Erewhon Books, working with award-winning and bestselling authors such as Kalyn Josephson, Foz Meadows, Lee Mandelo, Tlotlo Tsamaase, Brittney Arena, Linda H. Codega, and Ai Jiang. Prior to their editorial career, Viengsamai worked as a bookseller, where they fell in love with connecting people of all stripes with their perfect reads.
They graduated from Miami University with a Bachelor’s degree in Literature, where they also completed significant study in Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, and Women’s & Gender Studies.
Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Viengsamai has made their home in Chicagoland with their cat, Frankenstein.
Viengsamai was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch finalist in 2025.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of books do you work on?
I acquire and edit across speculative genres; first and foremost, I’m looking for genre-savvy, entertaining conversation-starters with a strong emotional core and a memorable aesthetic sense, featuring characters to go absolutely feral over.
How do I get published?
There are many paths to publication! I am currently not accepting unsolicited submissions; if you are interested in being published with Erewhon, please have your literary agent email me directly.
Do you freelance?
I have freelanced before, but am not taking on projects outside my day job at this time.
What’s your favorite book?
You and I both know this is an impossible question!
Here are some of the books that are near and dear to my heart, in no particular order:
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster; If On A Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino; The Merry Spinster by Daniel Lavery; Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman; The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker; Lilith’s Brood by Octavia Butler; The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg; The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin, This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.