Her big break was unplanned, having limited experience in writing. All Kuang had was her father, a voracious reader, to thank for the encouragement to continue crafting stories for him to read as a means of staying connected while they were away from each other.
Award-winning author R F Kuang talks about the art of storytelling and her role as a leading voice in contemporary literature
At 22, Chinese-American author Rebecca F Kuang, famously known as R F Kuang, had already skyrocketed to literary fame after publishing the first book The Poppy War (2018), which would go on to be a trilogy. Drawing on the Second Sino-Japanese War during the mid-20th century, her debut novel received numerous nominations and won several accolades, including the Crawford Award (given to new fantasy writers) and Compton Crook Award (presented to an author’s first novel in science fiction, fantasy or horror).
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