Kuang’s fantasy series, the Poppy War Trilogy (all Harper Voyager, 2018-2021), was a selection for the Washington Post’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels and a nominee of Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. Kuang’s fifth book, following her acclaimed fantasy novel, Babel (Harper Voyager, 2022), which debuted at the first spot of The New York Times Best Seller list, and Blackwell’s Books of the Year for Fiction. Kuang’s whip-smart prose, combined with her knowledge of the publishing industry, the book’s third and invisible character, exposes the realities and delusions of a competitive business. The death of one (Athena) fuels the rising ambition of the other (June), and the circumstances surrounding both bring this literary thriller to life. Kuang’s latest novel, Yellowface (William Morrow, 2023), tells the story of two writers, June Hayward and Athena Liu, who are linked by a stolen manuscript.
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