Born in Guangzhou, China, in 1996 and raised in Dallas, Texas, after immigrating to the United States at age four, Rebecca F. Kuang writes fantasy and literary fiction under the name R. F. Kuang. She began her debut novel, The Poppy War, at nineteen during a gap year in China spent coaching competitive debate, and published it shortly before turning twenty-two. A trained historian of modern China, she holds a BA in History from Georgetown University, an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge an...