Wayne Ng writes gripping, emotionally charged stories where family is both a refuge and a battlefield. A social worker specializing in children and families, he brings raw authenticity to characters fighting for identity, survival, and a sense of belonging. With edge, heart, and unflinching honesty, his novels expose the secrets that bind—and break us.
About Wayne
Wayne Ng works as a social worker in Ottawa who lives to write, travel, eat and play, preferably all at the same time. He is an award-winning author and traveler who continues to push his boundaries from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
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Johnny Delivers
In 1977 Toronto, eighteen-year-old Johnny Wong tries to save his chaotic family and their Chinese restaurant from debt, by invoking the spirit of Bruce Lee and selling weed with deliveries. All this while juggling a first love, high school, and uncovering sordid family secrets.
🏆Best Books of the Year 2025 – The Seaboard Review!
🏆Best Books of the Year 2024 – The Miramichi Reader!
Recommended by The Globe & Mail, CBC Books, and 49thShelf.
Letters From Johnny
Eleven-year-old Johnny Wong tries to make sense of a murder, an absent father, and the FLQ crisis through heart and humour-filled letters to hockey legend Dave Keon.
🏆Winner BEST CRIME NOVELLA at the 2022 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence
🏆Ottawa Book Award Finalist 2022
The sequel – Johnny Delivers – out NOW!
The Family Code
Wayne Ng channels his thirty years as a social worker in this raw and visceral tale of Hannah Belenko, a single mother perpetually just hanging on. She schemes and scrapes by, unaware that her shortcomings and adherence to the family’s code of silence may lead to losing her son, Axel.
🏆Ottawa Book Award Finalist 2024
🏆Best Books of the Year 2024 at The Seaboard Review
🏆Best Books of the Year 2023 at 49thShelf AND The Miramichi Reader!
