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authors featured in the Big Sky Library

The Terracotta Bride

2011

< First edition, March 2016

Zen Cho

No ISBN

Digital

$2.99

Notes:

>   Library edition

Zen Cho

Legal name:  Cho, Zen

Birth place:  Selangor, Malaysia

Birth date:  1986

Language:  English

Bibliographic comments:  See also under Asia-specific anthologies.

Biographic comments:  

Novels

Sorcerer to the Crown

2015

< First edition, 1 September 2015

Ace Books

ISBN 978-0-425-28337-0

Hardcover, 371 pages

$26.95

Notes:

  •  'Sorcerer Royal' series #1.

  •  Winner of the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer.

>   Library edition

Collections

Spirits Abroad

2014

< Second edition, 3 October 2014

Fixi Novo / Buku Fixi

ISBN 978-1-311-13796-8

Digital

$2.99

Notes:

  •  'Message to Readers' essay by Zen Cho.

  •  Contains six more stories than the first edition, both genre and non-genre fiction.

>   Library edition

Fiction: The First Witch of Damansara  //  First National Forum on the Position of Minorities in Malaysia  //  The House

of Aunts  //  One-Day Travelcard for Fairyland  //  起狮,行礼 (Rising Lion—The Lion Bows)  //  七星鼓 (Seven Star

Drum)  //  The Mystery of the Suet Swain  //  Prudence and the Dragon  //  The Perseverance of Angela's Past Life  //  

The Earth Spirit's Favourite Anecdote  //  Liyana  //  The Four Generations of Chang E  //  The Many Deaths of Hang

Jebat  //  The Fish Bowl  //  Balik Kampung  //  The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo (excerpt)

Short fiction chapbooks

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again

2018

< First edition, 30 November 2018

Barnes & Noble

No ISBN

Digital

$0.00

Notes:

  •  Winner of the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.

The True Queen

2019

<  First edition, 12 March 2019

Ace Books

ISBN 978-0-425-28341-7

Trade paperback, 367 pages

$15.00

Notes:

  •  'Sorcerer Royal' series #2.

>   Library edition

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

2020

<  First edition, 23 June 2020

Tor

ISBN 978-1-2502-6925-6

Hardcover, 158 pages

$19.99 / C$26.99

Notes:

>   Library edition

Black Water Sister

2021

<  First edition, 11 May 2021

Ace Books

ISBN 978-0-425-28343-1

Trade paperback, 384 pages

$17.00

Notes:

>   Library edition

Spirits Abroad

2021

< Third edition, 10 August 2021

Small Beer Press

ISBN 978-1-61873-186-9

Trade paperback, 352 pages

$17.00

Notes:

  •  Contains four more stories than the second edition.

  •  Winner of the 2022 Ray Bradbury Prize.

>   Library edition

Fiction: The First Witch of Damansara  //  The Guest  //  The Fish Bowl  //  First National Forum on the Position of

Minorities in Malaysia  //  Odette  //  The House of Aunts  //  Balik Kampung  //  One-Day Travelcard for Fairyland  //  

起狮,行礼 (Rising Lion—The Lion Bows)  //  七星鼓 (Seven Star Drum)  //  The Mystery of the Suet Swain  //  Prudence

and the Dragon  //  The Perseverance of Angela's Past Life  //  If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again  //  

The Earth Spirit's Favourite Anecdote  //  Liyana  //  The Terracotta Bride  //  The Four Generations of Chang E

Spirits Abroad

2014

< First edition, June 2014

Fixi Novo / Buku Fixi

ISBN 978-967-0374-98-7

B-format paperback, 284 pages

No cover price

Notes:

>   Library edition

Fiction: The First Witch of Damansara  //  First National Forum on the Position of Minorities in Malaysia  //  The House

of Aunts  //  One-Day Travelcard for Fairyland  //  起狮,行礼 (Rising Lion—The Lion Bows)  //  The Mystery of the Suet

Swain  //  Prudence and the Dragon  //  The Earth Spirit's Favourite Anecdote  //  Liyana  //  The Four Generations of

Chang E