K-drama favorites are Crash Landing On You and My Love From Another Star.Īnime favorites are Black Butler, Claymore, and Ouran High School Host Club, as well as the Chinese animated series《魔道祖师》 (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation). General fiction favorites include Pachinko, When Breath Becomes Air, Educated, and Where the Crawdads Sing.Ĭ-drama favorites are《延禧攻略》( The Story of Yanxi Palace) and《香蜜沉沉烬如霜》( Ashes of Love). Fantasy favorites include Circe, City of Brass, She Who Became the Sun, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Sorcery of Thorns, Nevernight, and Dreams Lie Beneath. I have SO many, and they tend to change with time! To start off with at my roots:《红楼梦》or Dream of the Red Chamber is a Chinese staple, and my favorite out of all the Chinese classics. That was the day I decided I wanted to become an author. I will never forget how he looked me in the eye and said, “This is the best poem I’ve ever read.”

In the fourth grade, I wrote a poem about a wolf on a prairie for English class, and my teacher read it aloud to the class. I learned English by reading the entire Harry Potter series, which led me to discover a whole world of other fantasy books out there. I remember being at a coveted Scholastic Book Fair when the cover of a boy on a flying hippogriff caught my eye. I started writing to learn English when I was in China. “A maily” like how you’d say “a daily” but with an m! In her spare time, she loves to travel with her family in China, where she’s determined to walk the rivers and lakes of old just like the practitioners in her novels do.Īmélie is the New York Times bestselling author of the Song of Silver, Flame Like Night duology and the Blood Heir trilogy.Īmélie is represented by Peter Knapp of Park Literary & Media. She attended college in the United States and now resides in New York City, working as a finance professional by day and fantasy author by night. Amélie Wen Zhao（赵雯）was born in Paris and grew up in Beijing, where she spent her days reenacting tales of legendary heroes, ancient kingdoms, and lost magic at her grandmother’s courtyard house.

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