Jonny Sun is the New York Times best-selling author of Goodbye, again and a screen and TV writer who wrote for the Emmy-nominated sixth season of the Netflix Original Series BoJack Horseman and the Peacock Original Series Mrs. Davis, created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof.

He is currently a writer-producer on a new Netflix Original Series, developing his own film and TV projects, and working on his next two books.

He is also the author and illustrator of the graphic novel everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too and the illustrator of Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

As a doctoral candidate at MIT and a creative researcher at the Harvard metaLAB, he studied social media, virtual place, and online community. He received his master’s degree in architecture from Yale and his bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Toronto.

His latest art installation, The Laughing Room, was exhibited at MIT in 2018 and at TED in 2019. Previously, his artwork has been exhibited at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle, the Harvard Art Galleries, MIT, the Yale School of Architecture, New Haven ArtSpace, and the University of Toronto. His plays have been performed at the Yale School of Drama, Factory Theater in Toronto, Hart House Theater, and Theater Lab in Toronto.

His work has appeared in The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. He has been profiled on NPR and in the New York Times and was a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers. In 2019, he gave a TED Talk that has currently been viewed online over 4 million times.

TIME Magazine named him one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet of 2017. In 2019, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and in 2021, he was named to Adweek’s Creative 100.

Praise for Goodbye, again, an instant New York Times, national, and international best-seller:

“★ This poetic, humorous, and heartfelt collection will have readers nodding along, laughing, and maybe even crying, but more than anything they will be engrossed and craving more… Readers of David Sedaris will devour this collection; the stories are short but packed with eloquent detail that will lead readers to reminisce on their own lives… Similar to Sun’s previous work, this is another standout.”—Library Journal (starred review)

“★ Captivating and immersive… sad and hopeful… To spend time with this book is to spend time in the private world of a creative, sensitive person who finds life inviting, beautiful and rich, but also overwhelming, scary and exhausting. …In gentle and specific ways, Sun ultimately gives his readers license to experience their own contradictions and to be fully human.”—BookPage (starred review)

“Sun’s collection is an almost too-perfect companion to the present anxiety, exhaustion and loneliness wrought by the pandemic… Amid our fast-paced and distracted culture, it is oddly calming to read these obsessive, but also quiet and tender, dispatches from a mind overwhelmed by guilt and worry… Sun has written this book to find a way out of the restless panic, for all of us.”—New York Times Book Review

“There's something in the way Jonny Sun tells stories that makes you feel like he can see right through you… Honest and opinionated, Sun feels like your friend. Every essay in Goodbye, Again is peppered with nuances informed by his constant moves, self-imposed expectations and bittersweet goodbyes, recognizable at first sight to another third culture kid in America. …Take my word for it — let Jonny Sun into your life.”—NPR Book Review

“Goodbye, Again is the very best book of Sun’s early career… exactly what we all need right now. …A joyful look at everyday life from one of literature’s most compassionate and well-rounded minds. It is, in a word, fantastic.”—Shondaland

“Offers insight into the workings of an exceptionally busy, productive mind as well as the price of living in a hypercompetitive society… A quietly provocative collection.”—Kirkus Reviews