Zen Cho

Zen Cho
Zen Cho
Occupation	Author
Language	English
Education	University of Cambridge
Period	2015–Present
Genre	Speculative fiction; Romance;
Notable works	Spirits Abroad; Sorcerer to the Crown; Black Water Sister;
Notable awards	Crawford Award(2015); BFA–Newcomer (2016); Hugo–Novelette (2019);
Website
	zencho.org

Zen Chois aMalaysianfantasy author based inBirmingham,United Kingdom.^[1]She is known for herSorcerer to the Crownseries. She was the joint winner of theCrawford Awardin 2015 for her short story collectionSpirits Abroad.^[2]

Biography

Cho has a law degree fromUniversity of Cambridge,and she works as a lawyer.^[3]^[4]Cho'sdebut novel,Sorcerer to the Crown,was published in 2015.^[4]^[5]^[6]It was a finalist for theLocus Award for Best First Novelin 2016,^[7]and in the same year, Cho won theBritish Fantasy Awardfor 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 2019Hugo Award for Best Novelette.^[9]

Awards

Source:^[10]

Year	Title	Award	Category	Result
2015	Spirits Abroad	Crawford Award	—	Won
2015	Sorcerer to the Crown	Otherwise Award	—	Honorable Mention
2016		British Fantasy Award	Newcomer (Sydney J. BoundsAward)	Won
		British Fantasy Award	Fantasy Novel (Robert HoldstockAward)	Shortlisted
		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
2018	"If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again"	Locus Award	Novelette	Nominated–11th
2019	The True Queen	Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated–14th
2021	The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water	British Fantasy Award	Novella	Shortlisted
		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	Shortlisted
		Locus Award	Fantasy Novel	Nominated—2nd
		World Fantasy Award	Novel	Shortlisted
	Spirits Abroad	Locus Award	Collection	Nominated–2nd

Bibliography

Sorcerer Royal series

—— (2015).Sorcerer to the Crown(hardcover 1st ed.).Ace.p. 371.ISBN 978-0425283370.
—— (2019).The True Queen(paperback 1st ed.).Ace.p. 371.ISBN 978-0425283417.

Standalone novels and long fiction

—— (2012).The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo(ebook ed.).Smashwords.p. 81.ISBN 978-1476177670.
—— (2020).The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water(hardcover 1st ed.).Tor.p. 160.ISBN 978-1250269256.
—— (2021).Black Water Sister(paperback 1st ed.).Ace.p. 384.ISBN 978-0425283431.

Collections

—— (2014).Spirits Abroad(paperback 1st ed.).FIXI Novo.p. 284.ISBN 978-9670374987.
- —— (2021).Spirits Abroad(paperback expanded ed.).Small Beer Press.p. 338.ISBN 978-1618731869.

References

^"Zen Cho".panmacmillan.Retrieved25 May2021.
^"Cho and Feldman Win Crawford Award".Locus Online.Locus Publication. 27 January 2015.Retrieved12 January2016.
^"Malaysian author Zen Cho: Forget critics, focus on the story".The Star.2 January 2016.Retrieved12 January2016.
^^a ^b"Malaysian author's debut fantasy novel goes out to the world".The Straits Times.30 August 2015.Retrieved12 January2016.
^Berlin, Marina (20 November 2015)."Sorcerer to the Crownby Zen Cho ".Strange Horizons.Retrieved12 January2016.
^"Zen Cho: Tackling questions of race, gender and social justice in fantasy fiction".The Independent.12 September 2015.Retrieved12 January2016.
^"2016 Locus Awards Winners".Locus.25 June 2016.Retrieved12 August2016.
^"Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2016".The British Fantasy Society. 25 September 2016.Retrieved26 September2016.
^"2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists".World Science Fiction Society. 2 April 2019.Retrieved4 April2019.
^"Award Bibliography: Zen Cho".isfdb.org.Retrieved13 August2022.

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[1] "Zen Cho".panmacmillan.Retrieved25 May2021.

[locus-2] "Cho and Feldman Win Crawford Award".Locus Online.Locus Publication. 27 January 2015.Retrieved12 January2016.

[thestar-3] "Malaysian author Zen Cho: Forget critics, focus on the story".The Star.2 January 2016.Retrieved12 January2016.

[straitstimes-4] "Malaysian author's debut fantasy novel goes out to the world".The Straits Times.30 August 2015.Retrieved12 January2016.

[strangehorizons-5] Berlin, Marina (20 November 2015)."Sorcerer to the Crownby Zen Cho ".Strange Horizons.Retrieved12 January2016.

[independent-6] "Zen Cho: Tackling questions of race, gender and social justice in fantasy fiction".The Independent.12 September 2015.Retrieved12 January2016.

[locusawards-7] "2016 Locus Awards Winners".Locus.25 June 2016.Retrieved12 August2016.

[8] "Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2016".The British Fantasy Society. 25 September 2016.Retrieved26 September2016.

[hugoawards-9] "2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists".World Science Fiction Society. 2 April 2019.Retrieved4 April2019.

[10] "Award Bibliography: Zen Cho".isfdb.org.Retrieved13 August2022.

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v t e Hugo AwardforBest Novelette
Retro Hugos	"Rule 18"byClifford D. Simak(1939) "The Roads Must Roll"byRobert A. Heinlein(1941) "Foundation"byIsaac Asimov(1943) "Mimsy Were the Borogoves"byLewis Padgett(1944) "First Contact"byMurray Leinster(1946) "The Little Black Bag"byCyril M. Kornbluth(1951) "Earthman, Come Home" byJames Blish(1954)
1955–1960	"The Darfsteller"byWalter M. Miller Jr.(1955) "Exploration Team"byMurray Leinster(1956) "The Big Time"byFritz Leiber(1958) "The Big Front Yard"byClifford D. Simak(1959)
1967–1980	"The Last Castle"byJack Vance(1967) "Gonna Roll the Bones"byFritz Leiber(1968) "The Sharing of Flesh"byPoul Anderson(1969) "Goat Song"byPoul Anderson(1973) "The Deathbird"byHarlan Ellison(1974) "Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13 "W"byHarlan Ellison(1975) "The Borderland of Sol"byLarry Niven(1976) "The Bicentennial Man"byIsaac Asimov(1977) "Eyes of Amber"byJoan D. Vinge(1978) "Hunter's Moon" byPoul Anderson(1979) "Sandkings"byGeorge R. R. Martin(1980)
1981–1990	"The Cloak and the Staff"byGordon R. Dickson(1981) "Unicorn Variation"byRoger Zelazny(1982) "Fire Watch"byConnie Willis(1983) "Blood Music"byGreg Bear(1984) "Bloodchild"byOctavia E. Butler(1985) "Paladin of the Lost Hour" byHarlan Ellison(1986) "Permafrost"byRoger Zelazny(1987) "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight"byUrsula K. Le Guin(1988) "Schrödinger's Kitten"byGeorge Alec Effinger(1989) "Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another"byRobert Silverberg(1990)
1991–2000	"The Manamouki"byMike Resnick(1991) "Gold"byIsaac Asimov(1992) "The Nutcracker Coup"byJanet Kagan(1993) "Georgia on My Mind"byCharles Sheffield(1994) "The Martian Child"byDavid Gerrold(1995) "Think Like a Dinosaur"byJames Patrick Kelly(1996) "Bicycle Repairman"byBruce Sterling(1997) "We Will Drink a Fish Together..." byBill Johnson(1998) "Taklamakan"byBruce Sterling(1999) "10¹⁶to 1"byJames Patrick Kelly(2000)
2001–2010	"Millennium Babies" byKristine Kathryn Rusch(2001) "Hell Is the Absence of God"byTed Chiang(2002) "Slow Life"byMichael Swanwick(2003) "Legions in Time"byMichael Swanwick(2004) "The Faery Handbag"byKelly Link(2005) "Two Hearts"byPeter S. Beagle(2006) "The Djinn's Wife"byIan McDonald(2007) "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"byTed Chiang(2008) "Shoggoths in Bloom"byElizabeth Bear(2009) "The Island" byPeter Watts(2010)
2011–2020	"The Emperor of Mars" byAllen Steele(2011) "Six Months, Three Days"byCharlie Jane Anders(2012) "The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi"byPat Cadigan(2013) "The Lady Astronaut of Mars",byMary Robinette Kowal(2014) "The Day the World Turned Upside Down"byThomas Olde Heuvelt,translated by Lia Belt (2015) "Folding Beijing"byHao Jingfang(2016) "The Tomato Thief"byUrsula Vernon(2017) "The Secret Life of Bots"bySuzanne Palmer(2018) "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again"byZen Cho(2019) "Emergency Skin"byN. K. Jemisin(2020)
2021–present	"Two Truths and a Lie" bySarah Pinsker(2021) "Bots of the Lost Ark" bySuzanne Palmer(2022) "The Space-Time Painter" byHai Ya(2023) "The Year Without Sunshine"byNaomi Kritzer(2024)

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