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Zen Cho

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Zen Cho

Zen Cho is a Malaysian fantasy author based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is known for her Sorcerer to the Crown series. She was the joint winner of the Crawford Award in 2015 for her short story collection Spirits Abroad.

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Books23

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Behind Frenemy Lines

Behind Frenemy Lines

2025
The Friend Zone Experiment

The Friend Zone Experiment

2024
Black Water Sister

Black Water Sister

2021
It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility

2021
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

2020
The True Queen

The True Queen

2019
If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again

If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again

2018
An Alphabet of Embers

An Alphabet of Embers

2016
Sorcerer to the Crown

Sorcerer to the Crown

2015
CYBERPUNK: MALAYSIA

CYBERPUNK: MALAYSIA

2015
Monkey King, Faerie Queen

Monkey King, Faerie Queen

2015
How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens

How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens

2015

with Lewis Shiner, Nisi Shawl, Marge Simon, Dean Francis Alfar and R.B. Lemberg

Cuentos para Algernon: Ano II

Cuentos para Algernon: Ano II

2014
End of the Road

End of the Road

2013

with Sarah Lotz, Philip Reeve, Rio Youers, Helen Marshall, Adam Nevill, Benjanun Sriduangkaew and Jonathan Oliver

LOVE IN PENANG

LOVE IN PENANG

2013
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic

The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic

2013

with Graham Edwards

Aliens: Recent Encounters

Aliens: Recent Encounters

2013

with Sofia Samatar, An Owomoyela, Brooke Bolander, Jeremiah Tolbert and Desirina Boskovich

The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo

The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo

2012
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 54

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 54

2012

with Edwina Harvey

The House of Aunts

The House of Aunts

2011
The Terracotta Bride

The Terracotta Bride

2011
Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction

Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction

2011

with Catherine Lundoff and Jewelle L. Gomez

Collections5

Someone in Time

Someone in Time

with Jeffrey Ford, Sarah Gailey and Elizabeth Hand

Fantasy from Asia and the Asian Diaspora

Fantasy from Asia and the Asian Diaspora

2020

with Nghi Vo and Neon Yang

An Alphabet of Embers: An Anthology of Unclassifiables

An Alphabet of Embers: An Anthology of Unclassifiables

2016

with M. David Blake, Shweta Narayan, J.Y. Yang, Arkady Martine, Tlotlo Tsamaase and R.B. Lemberg

Spirits Abroad

Spirits Abroad

2014
2013 Campbellian Pre-Reading Anthology

2013 Campbellian Pre-Reading Anthology

2013

with Michael Haynes