Zen Cho
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
EducationUniversity 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]

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]

Year Title Award Category Result Ref
2015 Spirits Abroad Crawford Award — Won
Sorcerer to the Crown Hugo Award Hugo–Novel Nominated Below Cutoff
British Fantasy Award BFA–Newcomer

(Sydney J. Bounds Award)

Won
British Fantasy Award BFA–Fantasy Novel

(Robert Holdstock Award)

Nominated
Otherwise Award — Honorable Mention
Locus Award Locus–First Novel Nominated–2nd
2018 "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again" Hugo Award Hugo–Novelette Won
Locus Award Locus–Novelette Nominated–11th
2019 The True Queen Locus Award Locus–Fantasy Novel Nominated–14th
2020 The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water Hugo Award Hugo–Novella Nominated Below Cutoff
British Fantasy Award BFA–Novella Nominated
Lambda Award Lambda–Sci-fi Nominated
Locus Award Locus–Novella Nominated–6th
2021 Black Water Sister World Fantasy Award WFA–Novel Pending
Locus Award Locus–Fantasy Novel Nominated–2nd
Ignyte Award Novel (Adult) Pending
Spirits Abroad Locus Award Locus–Collection Nominated–2nd

Bibliography

Sorcerer Royal series

Standalone novels and long fiction

Collections

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. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "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. 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. 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. ^ "Award Bibliography: Zen Cho". isfdb.org. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

External links


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