Fonda Lee

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Fonda Lee
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Born (1979-03-10) March 10, 1979 (age 45)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
OccupationAuthor
Education Stanford University (MBA)
Genre Speculative fiction
Notable worksThe Green Bone Saga
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Fonda Lee (born March 10, 1979) is a Canadian-American [1] author of speculative fiction. She is best known for writing The Green Bone Saga, the first of which, Jade City , [2] won the 2018 World Fantasy Award and was named one of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time magazine. [3] [4] The Green Bone Saga was also included on NPR's list, "50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade". [5]

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Biography

Lee was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and currently resides in Portland, Oregon in the United States. [1] [6] She attended Stanford University where she earned her MBA. [6] Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a corporate strategist. [1] Lee is a martial artist and has earned black belts in karate and kung fu. [1] [6]

Career

Lee's debut young adult science fiction novel, Zeroboxer, was published by Flux Books and nominated for the 2016 Andre Norton Award. [7] It received positive reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews , which described it as "top-notch science fiction and a great sports novel too". [8] [9]

Lee's Exo series for young adults was published by Scholastic beginning in 2017 with the first volume, Exo, which was well received by critics, was nominated for the 2017 Andre Norton Award, and won the 2018 Aurora Award for Best YA Novel in a tie. [7] [10] [11] [12] [13] The second volume, Cross Fire, was published in 2018, was nominated for the 2019 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel, and won the 2019 Aurora Award for Best YA Novel. [7] [14] [15] [16]

Her 2017 short story "Old Souls", was published in Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction & Fantasy, and was nominated for the 2018 Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction and the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. [17] [18] Her 2020 short story, "I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend and Now My Parents Think We're Getting Married", was nominated for the 2020 Locus Award for Best Short Story. [19]

Her debut novel for adults, Jade City , the first in The Green Bone Saga, was published by Orbit Books in 2017 to critical acclaim. [2] [20] [21] [22] Jade City won the 2018 World Fantasy Award and Aurora Award for Best Novel, and was nominated for the 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel and 2018 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. [3] [13] [18] [23] Jade City was included on Time magazine's list "The Best Fantasy Books of All Time". [4] The second in the series, Jade War , published in 2019, received a starred review and weekly pick status from Publishers Weekly , a starred review from Kirkus Reviews , and was nominated for the Locus Award, Dragon Award, Aurora Award, and Ignyte Award. [19] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] The concluding third volume of the series, Jade Legacy , was published in 2021 and also received acclaim from readers and critics, earning a starred review and weekly pick from Publishers Weekly , a starred review from Library Journal , the 2022 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the 2022 Aurora Award for Best Novel, and a nomination for the Dragon Award for Best Novel. [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] The Green Bone Saga series as a whole has also earned praise, earning a nomination for the Hugo Award for Best Series and being included on NPR's list, "50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade". [5] [35] In 2022, Subterranean Press published Lee's standalone novella set prior to the events of The Green Bone Saga entitled The Jade Setter of Janloon. [36]

In 2020, it was announced that a TV series based on Jade City was being developed at Peacock, with Lee serving as a consulting producer. [37] In July 2022, it was announced that Peacock had canceled the project, but Lee shared on Twitter that the team were seeking another service to take it up. [38]

Lee's new fantasy novella Untethered Sky was published by Tor.com in April 2023. [39] [40]

In December 2022, Lee announced that she was collaborating with Shannon Lee (no relation), the daughter of the late actor and martial artist Bruce Lee, on a series of young adult fantasy novels inspired by Bruce Lee's writings called the Guardian of the Scroll duology. [41] The first book will be published in January 2025 by Wednesday Books acquired the rights to the series and plans to publish the first book in 2024. [42]

In March 2023, Orbit Books announced that it had acquired the rights to Fonda Lee's "cyberpunk samurai space opera" novel The Last Contract of Isako, which is scheduled for winter 2025. [43]

Awards

YearNomineeAwardCategoryResultRef
2016Zeroboxer Nebula Award Andre Norton Award Finalist [7]
2018Exo Aurora Award YA Novel Won (tie) [13]
Nebula Award Andre Norton Award Finalist [7] [12]
Jade City Aurora Award Novel Won [13]
Nebula Award Novel Shortlisted [12]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Nominated [23]
World Fantasy Awards Novel Won (tie) [18] [44]
“Old Souls” Aurora Award Short Fiction Shortlisted [13]
World Fantasy Awards Short Fiction Shortlisted [18] [44]
2019Cross Fire Aurora Award YA Novel Won [16]
Locus Award Young Adult Book Nominated [15]
2020"I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend" Locus Award Short Story Nominated [19]
Jade War Aurora Award Novel Shortlisted [27]
Dragon Awards Fantasy NovelShortlisted [26]
Ignyte Awards Novel - AdultShortlisted [28] [29]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Nominated [19]
2022 Jade Legacy Aurora Award Novel Won [33]
Dragon Awards Fantasy NovelShortlisted [34]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Won [32]
The Green Bone Saga Hugo Award Series Shortlisted [35]

Bibliography

Standalone Novels

Exo series

The Green Bone Saga

Prequels

  1. The Jade Setter of Janloon (Subterranean Press, 2022) – standalone prequel novella
  2. Jade Shards (Subterranean Press, 2023) – collection of 4 prequel short stories

Main series

  1. Jade City (Orbit Books, 2017)
  2. Jade War (Orbit Books, 2019)
  3. Jade Legacy (Orbit Books, 2021)

Short fiction

See also

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