Nancy Yi Fan (born August 26, 1993 ) is a

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author who is best known for writing a series that currently consists of the novels ''

Swordbird ''Swordbird'' is a children's literature, children's fantasy novel written by Nancy Yi Fan. A prequel, ''Sword Quest'', was released January 22, 2008. A sequel, ''Sword Mountain'', based on Sword Mountain, home of an eagle tribe mentioned in ''S ...

'', ''

Sword Quest ''Sword Quest'' is a 2008 children's literature, children's adventure novel by Nancy Yi Fan. It is a prequel to ''Swordbird'' which was published in February 2007. Plot There is war in the kingdom of birds, which was started by the prehistori ...

'', and '' Sword Mountain''.

Biography

Fan was born in

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. At the age of 7, she moved with her parents to

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. She started writing her first novel 3 years later, and completed the manuscript within a year. Fan's book became a ''New York Times Bestseller'', and she was featured on ''

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'' as one of the world's smartest kids. She then began writing ''

'', a prequel to Swordbird, and published it two years later. Her third book, '' Sword Mountain,'' was released in July 2012.

Career

''Swordbird''

Fan's novel was inspired by her lifelong love for birds. After awaking from a vivid dream about birds at war while simultaneously wrestling with her feelings about terrorism and the

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, Fan wrote ''Swordbird'' as a way to convey a message of peace to the world. At the age of eleven, Fan began writing a manuscript for her story, which she finished a year later. She emailed her manuscript to the CEO of

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, which led to the novel's 50,000-copy first printing.

''Sword Quest''

In 2008,

released ''Sword Quest'', a prequel set 100 years before the time of ''Swordbird''.

''Sword Mountai''n

The third novel in Fan's series was set to be released in July 2012, by HarperCollins.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fan, Nancy Yi American writers of Chinese descent 1993 births Living people Chinese emigrants to the United States American child writers American women writers Writers from Florida Writers from Beijing 21st-century American women