Matthew Wong Foreman

Matthew Wong Foreman is a Hong Kong-born scholar and writer of fiction and nonfiction. His historical work examines how race science and eugenics shaped political and personal identity in Hong Kong and China. He teaches history at the University of Hong Kong. His debut novel, Sunset at Lion Rock, won the 2023 International Proverse Prize and was published in Hong Kong in 2024. A North American edition from 7.13 Books came out in September 2026. It is a coming-of-age story about a mixed-race young man in post-Handover Hong Kong.