Zen Cho

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Zen Cho
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
Education University of Cambridge
Period2015–Present
Genre
Notable works
Notable awards
Website
zencho.org

Zen Cho is a Malaysian fantasy author based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [1] 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. [2]

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Biography

Cho has a law degree from University of Cambridge, and she works as a lawyer. [3] [4]

Cho's debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, was published in 2015. [4] [5] [6] It was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2016, [7] and in the same year, Cho won the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. [8] Her novelette "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again", published by the B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. [9]

Awards

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
2015Spirits Abroad Crawford Award —Won [a] [10]
Sorcerer to the Crown Otherwise Award [b] —Longlisted [11]
2016 British Fantasy Award NewcomerWon [12]
Fantasy NovelShortlisted [12]
Locus Award First Novel Finalist [13]
2019"If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" Hugo Award Novelette Won [14]
2021 The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water British Fantasy Award NovellaShortlisted [15]
Lambda Literary Award Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror Finalist [16]
Locus Award Novella Finalist [17]
Black Water Sister Kitschies Red Tentacle (Novel) Finalist [18]
2022 Ignyte Award Adult Novel Finalist [19]
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Finalist [20]
RUSA CODES Reading List FantasyShortlisted [21]
World Fantasy Award Novel Nominated [22]
Spirits Abroad Locus Award Collection Finalist [20]

Bibliography

Sorcerer Royal series

Standalone novels and long fiction

Collections

Notes

  1. ↑ Tie with The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman
  2. ↑ Then known as the James Tiptree Jr. Award

References

  1. ↑ "Zen Cho". panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Cho and Feldman Win Crawford Award". Locus Online . Locus Publication. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Malaysian author Zen Cho: Forget critics, focus on the story". The Star . 2 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Malaysian author's debut fantasy novel goes out to the world". The Straits Times . 30 August 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Berlin, Marina (20 November 2015). "Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho". Strange Horizons. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Zen Cho: Tackling questions of race, gender and social justice in fantasy fiction". The Independent . 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "2016 Locus Awards Winners". Locus . 25 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2016". The British Fantasy Society. 25 September 2016. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists". World Science Fiction Society. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Cho and Feldman Win Crawford Award". Locus. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Debbie Notkin (1 April 2016). "2015 Winners, Honor List, and Long List Announced!". Otherwise Award. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  12. 1 2 "2016 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "2016 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Announcing the 2019 Hugo Award Winners". Reactor Magazine. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  16. ↑ Saka, Rasheeda (15 March 2021). "Here are the finalists for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "2021 Locus Awards Winners". Locus. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  18. ↑ "2021 Kitschies Winners". Locus. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  19. ↑ Emmet Asher-Perrin (17 September 2022). "Announcing the Winners of the 2022 Ignyte Awards". Reactor . Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  20. 1 2 "2022 Locus Awards Winners". Locus . 25 June 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "The Reading List". RUSA Update. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  22. ↑ "2022 World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
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