Zen Cho
Zen Cho is a Malaysian fantasy author based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 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.
Biography
Cho has a law degree from University of Cambridge, and she works as a lawyer.Cho's debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, was published in 2015. It was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 2016, and in the same year, Cho won the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. 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.
Awards
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
| 2015 | Spirits Abroad | Crawford Award | — | Won | |
| 2015 | Sorcerer to the Crown | Otherwise Award | — | ||
| 2016 | Sorcerer to the Crown | British Fantasy Award | Newcomer | Won | |
| 2016 | Sorcerer to the Crown | British Fantasy Award | Fantasy Novel | ||
| 2016 | Sorcerer to the Crown | Locus Award | First Novel | ||
| 2019 | Hugo Award | Novelette | Won | ||
| 2021 | ' | British Fantasy Award | Novella | ||
| 2021 | ' | Lambda Literary Award | Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror | ||
| 2021 | Locus Award | Novella | |||
| 2021 | Black Water Sister | Kitschies | Red Tentacle | ||
| 2022 | Black Water Sister | Ignyte Award | Adult Novel | ||
| 2022 | Black Water Sister | Locus Award | Fantasy Novel | ||
| 2022 | Black Water Sister | RUSA CODES Reading List | Fantasy | ||
| 2022 | Black Water Sister | World Fantasy Award | Novel | ||
| 2022 | Spirits Abroad | Locus Award | Collection |
''Sorcerer Royal series''
Standalone novels and long fiction
Collections
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