Zen Cho
Zen Cho
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Zen Cho is a Malaysian writer of fantasy and romance, born in Selangor, Malaysia. She moved to the UK at eighteen to study law at Cambridge, worked as a lawyer, and lives in Birmingham.
Her debut novel Sorcerer to the Crown (2015), the first of the Sorcerer Royal series, won the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer, and the series continues with The True Queen (2019). Her collection Spirits Abroad won the Crawford Award, and her story "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
Other books include the standalone fantasy Black Water Sister (2021), the historical romance novella The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo, the novella The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, and the contemporary romance The Friend Zone Experiment (2024). She also edited the anthology Cyberpunk: Malaysia (2015).
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Zen Cho's novel "Sorcerer to the Crown" won the Crawford Award, and her novella "The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water" won the Hugo Award and the World Fantasy Award.
The Sorcerer series begins with "Sorcerer to the Crown," followed by "The True Queen." While they share a world, each book can be read as a standalone story.
Zen Cho is known for her historical fantasy, often incorporating Malaysian folklore and mythology. She also writes contemporary romance.