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Beth Minh Nguyen (née Bich 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).