R.F. Kuang

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese-American fantasy writer. Her first novel, *The Poppy War*, was released in 2018, followed by the sequels *The Dragon Republic* in 2019 and *The Burning God* in 2020. Kuang has won the Compton Crook Award, the Crawford Award, and the 2020 Astounding Award for Best New Writer, along with being a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, The Kitschies, and British Fantasy awards for her first novel.

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