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

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
2015Spirits AbroadCrawford AwardWon
2015Sorcerer to the CrownOtherwise Award
2016Sorcerer to the CrownBritish Fantasy AwardNewcomerWon
2016Sorcerer to the CrownBritish Fantasy AwardFantasy Novel
2016Sorcerer to the CrownLocus AwardFirst Novel
2019Hugo AwardNoveletteWon
2021'British Fantasy AwardNovella
2021'Lambda Literary AwardSci-fi, Fantasy, and Horror
2021Locus AwardNovella
2021Black Water SisterKitschiesRed Tentacle
2022Black Water SisterIgnyte AwardAdult Novel
2022Black Water SisterLocus AwardFantasy Novel
2022Black Water SisterRUSA CODES Reading ListFantasy
2022Black Water SisterWorld Fantasy AwardNovel
2022Spirits AbroadLocus AwardCollection

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