About the Author
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Series
Works by R. F. Kuang
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution (2022) 5,706 copies, 134 reviews
The Nine Curves River 1 copy
Against All Odds [short story] — Author — 1 copy
Associated Works
From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of The Empire Strikes Back (2020) — Contributor — 398 copies, 6 reviews
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories: A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation (2022) — Translator — 187 copies, 2 reviews
Uncanny Magazine: The Best of 2018 — Contributor, some editions — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Kuang, R. F.
- Other names
- Kuang, Rebecca F.
- Birthdate
- 1996-05-29
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- China (birth)
USA - Birthplace
- Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Places of residence
- Dallas, Texas, USA
England, UK
Washington, D.C., USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Education
- Georgetown University (BSFS|2018|International Economics)
Magdalene College, University of Cambridge (M.Phil|2019)
University College, University of Oxford (M.Sc|2020)
Yale University (Ph.D)
Greenhill School - Occupations
- fantasy writer
translator - Awards and honors
- Marshall Scholarship (2018)
Astounding Award for Best New Writer (2020)
Compton Crook Award (2019)
Crawford Award (2019)
Blackwell's Book of the Year for Fiction (2022)
Nebula Award for Best Novel (2022) (show all 9)
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2023)
British Book Award for Fiction (2023, 2024)
Listen Award (2024) - Agent
- Hannah Bowman
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Statistics
- Works
- 12
- Also by
- 9
- Members
- 17,433
- Popularity
- #1,269
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 480
- ISBNs
- 170
- Languages
- 12
- Favorited
- 13
Really enjoyable read and a thought provoking entertaining novel. I read this for bookclub and I think there is lots to discuss in this one.