Zen Cho

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Zen Cho
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
Education University of Cambridge
Period2015–Present
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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

Source: [10]

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
2015Spirits Abroad Crawford Award Won
Sorcerer to the Crown Otherwise Award Honorable Mention
2016 British Fantasy Award NewcomerWon
Fantasy NovelShortlisted
Hugo Award Novel Longlisted
Locus Award First Novel Nominated—2nd
2018"If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" Hugo Award Novelette Won
Locus Award Novelette Nominated—11th
2019The True Queen Locus Award Fantasy Novel Nominated—14th
2021The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water British Fantasy Award NovellaShortlisted
Hugo Award Novella Longlisted
Lambda Literary Award Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror Shortlisted
Locus Award Novella Nominated—6th
2022 Black Water Sister Ignyte Award Novel (Adult)Shortlisted
Kitschies Red Tentacle (Novel) Shortlisted
Locus Award Fantasy Novel Nominated—2nd
World Fantasy Award Novel Shortlisted
Spirits Abroad Locus Award CollectionNominated—2nd

Bibliography

Sorcerer Royal series

Standalone novels and long fiction

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References

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