Rebecca F. Kuang (born May 29, 1996) is an American novelist. Her first novel, ''

The Poppy War ''The Poppy War'' is a 2018 fantasy novel by American author R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager. A grimdark fantasy, its plot draws on politics from mid-20th-century China, with the conflict in the novel based on the Second Sino-Japanese ...

'', was released in 2018, followed by the sequels '' The Dragon Republic'' in 2019, and '' The Burning God'' in 2020. Kuang released a stand-alone novel, '' Babel, or the Necessity of Violence'' in 2022. Her latest release is ''

Yellowface Portrayals of East Asians in American film and theatre has been a subject of controversy. These portrayals have frequently reflected an ethnocentric perception of East Asians rather than realistic and authentic depictions of East Asian cultures, ...

'', a satirical novel which was published in 2023. Kuang holds an undergraduate degree in international economics with a minor in Asian Studies from

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and graduate degrees in

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from

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, and

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, and is currently pursuing a PhD at

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. Kuang has received a number of accolades as an author. ''Babel'' debuted at the first spot on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list, and won the

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Book of the Year for Fiction in 2022 along with the 2022

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. In addition, Kuang has won the

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, the

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, and the 2020 ''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer, and has been a finalist for the

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, World Fantasy,

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, and British Fantasy awards for ''The Poppy War''.

Early life and education

Kuang was born May 29, 1996, in

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. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was four years old. Her father grew up in

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, in

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province, and her mother grew up in

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province. Her maternal grandfather fought for Chiang Kai-shek. Her father's family experienced the Japanese occupation of Hunan. Kuang grew up in

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and graduated from Greenhill School in 2013. She attended

, majoring in history, attracted by the college's well-known debating team after winning the

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. While in college, Kuang, aged 19, began writing ''Poppy War'' during a

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in China, where she worked as a debate coach; the book was published shortly before her 22nd birthday. Kuang graduated from the

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in 2016 and attended the CSSF Novel Writing Workshop in 2017. She graduated from Georgetown's

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in June 2018. She spent the summer after graduation coaching a debate camp in Colorado. Kuang attended

as a recipient of a 2018

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, where she earned a

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Chinese studies Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilization p ...

. The following academic year, she studied at

and received an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies. Kuang returned to the United States in the fall of 2020 to pursue a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at

Literary works

Kuang's debut novel ''

'', a Chinese military fantasy, was published by

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in 2018 and is the first book in the Poppy War trilogy. ''The Poppy War'' has received mainly favorable reviews, with ''

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'' calling it "a strong and dramatic launch to Kuang's career". In October 2020, the first two books in the ''Poppy War'' trilogy were included in ''Time'' magazine's list of the 100 best fantasy books of all time. In December 2020, Starlight Media, the U.S. film subsidiary of China-based Starlight Culture Entertainment Group,

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the rights to adapt Kuang's Poppy Wars trilogy for television. In 2020, Kuang wrote a short story in the

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universe called "Against All Odds" about a

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defender on the ice planet

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named Dak Ralter. It was published in the anthology ''From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories celebrating 40 years of The Empire Strikes Back''.

''Poppy War'' trilogy

Peter Luo's

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and SA Inc is set to adapt the ''Poppy War'' trilogy for television.

''The Poppy War''

''The Poppy War'', a

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fantasy, draws its plot and politics from mid-20th-century China, with the conflict in the novel based on the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

, and an atmosphere inspired by the

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. ''The Poppy War'' was nominated for the 2019

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''The Dragon Republic''

Released in 2019, ''The Dragon Republic'' is the sequel to ''The Poppy War''. The Nikan Empire begins to fall apart due to infighting and the Hesperians return. The reviewer for Fantasy Book Review wrote, "Kuang excels at wreaking emotional havoc while delivering a powerful meditation on war and survival." Publishers Weekly said that "Kuang brings brilliance to this invigorating and complex military fantasy sequel to The Poppy War."

''The Burning God''

Released in 2020, ''The Burning God'' is the sequel to ''The Dragon Republic'' and the conclusion to the ''Poppy Wars'' series. Rin fights the forces that have torn her country apart into a civil war. A reviewer for ''The Fantasy Hive'' wrote, "Rebecca Kuang's conclusion to her debut trilogy, ''The Poppy War'', is testament to her growth as a writer; not only is it a fitting close to an ambitious series." The reviewer for ''Publishers Weekly'' said that " e result is a satisfying if not happy end to the series."

''Babel''

In May 2021, Kuang announced the August 2022 release of her fourth novel, '' Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution'', by Harper Voyager. ''Babel'' is set in 1830s England. In the second week of September 2022, ''Babel'' debuted at the top spot on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for hardcover fiction, but dropped to the ninth spot the following week before disappearing from the list by the end of the month. Kuang's ''Babel'' was excluded from consideration for the 2023

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along with Chinese Canadian author Xiran Jay Zhao's ''Iron Widow''. The awards ceremony that year was held in Chengdu, China, and leaked emails later revealed that an administrator had recommended that books whose content might prove controversial in China be excluded from the list of nominees. The screen rights options for this novel were sold in early 2024 to wiip studios for a television and/or film adaptation with

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producing.

''Yellowface''

In October 2021, Kuang announced that her fifth novel, ''

'', would be published in 2023. Publisher

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stated in a press release that ''Yellowface'' follows "a white author who steals an unpublished manuscript, written by a more successful Asian American novelist who died in a freak accident, and publishes it as her own". The title of the novel, ''Yellowface,'' refers to the film industry practice of

yellowface Portrayals of East Asians in American film and theatre has been a subject of controversy. These portrayals have frequently reflected an ethnocentric perception of East Asians rather than realistic and authentic depictions of East Asian cultures, ...

, in which white actors are used to portray Asian characters, analogously to

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, in which white actors use makeup to portray black or African characters. This book is Kuang's first foray into the

literary fiction Literary fiction, serious fiction, high literature, or artistic literature, and sometimes just literature, encompasses fiction books and writings that are more character-driven rather than plot-driven, that examine the human condition, or that are ...

genre. Writing in the "Acknowledgement" section of the book, Kuang considers her book a "horror story about loneliness in a fiercely competitive industry." In the last week of May 2023, ''Yellowface'' debuted at the eighth spot on the ''

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'' bestseller list for hardcover fiction. In the first week of June 2023, ''Yellowface'' debuted at the fifth spot on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for hardcover fiction. The reviewer for

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called the book "a well-executed, gripping, fast-paced novel about the nuances of the publishing world when an author is desperate enough to do anything for success." Writing for the ''New York Times'', award-winning author

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wrote that the novel is "a breezy and propulsive read, a satirical literary thriller that's enjoyable and uncomfortable in equal measure." The screen rights options were sold to

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in late 2024 with

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slated to direct and executive produce a potential limited series based upon this novel with

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, Justine Suzanne Jones, and Ben Smith announced as producers.

''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023''

Kuang served as the "Guest Editor" along with veteran editor

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for the anthology ''The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023'' by selecting the short stories that were included in this volume. This book was released in October 2023 and included works by Sofia Samatar, Kristina Ten, Alix E. Harrow,

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, Isabel Canas, Linda Raquel Nieves Pérez, Nathan Ballingrud,

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, Maria Dong, KT Bryski, Shingai Njeri Kagunda,

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, Isabel J. Kim, Samantha Mills, S. L. Huang, MKRNYILGLD, Chris Willrich, Kim Fu,

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, and

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''Katabasis''

In February 2023, Kuang reported that while working on her doctoral degree at Yale, she was also working on her sixth novel, a fantasy about two magical PhD students as they travel to Hell "to rescue the soul of their advisers so that they can write their job recommendation letters". In an interview with ''

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'', Kuang calls the project "nonsense literature". During a November 2023 book promotion tour at the

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near Harvard University, Kuang stated that her upcoming book "... started as this cute, silly adventure novel about like, 'Haha, academia is hell.' And then I was writing it and I was like, 'Oh, no, academia is hell.'" The publisher

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describes the book as a dark academia fantasy in which "Dante's ''

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'' meets Susanna Clarke's '' Piranesi'' ." Katabasis is expected to be released in August 2025. Obtaining an

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(ARC or EARC) of ''Katabasis'' is highly prized among some readers. Early EARC reviews were very positive.

Future titles

In April 2023, she also announced that two additional books had been acquired by HarperCollins, a "historical novel and a fantasy," neither of which are ''Katabasis''. Two years later, she finished the first draft of her seventh novel that is tentatively titled "Taipei Story" in April 2025. At a November 2024

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literary discussion, Kuang described her book as a "love story set in the capital of Taiwan", a story that is unrelated to the 1985 Taiwanese movie of the same name.

Awards and honors

In 2018,

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included ''

'' on their list of Favorite Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2018. In 2022, ''

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'' and ''

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'' named '' Babel, or the Necessity of Violence'' one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year.

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, and Barnes & Noble named it one of the best books of the year, regardless of genre. In 2023, Kuang appeared on the ''Time'' 100 Next list & was also nominated for the 2023 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards' "Breakthrough Author" of the year.

Honors

Literary awards

Bibliography

''Poppy War'' series

* * * * A free collection of three short stories.

Other novels

* * *

Anthology (edited works)

Short stories

* "The Nine Curves River" in the anthology ''The Book of Dragons'' (July 2020); edited by Jonathan Strahan
story read by LeVar Burton
via

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) * "Against All Odds" in the anthology ''From a Certain Point of View: 40 stories celebrating 40 years of The Empire Strikes Back'' (November 2020)

Non-fiction

* "How to Talk to Ghosts" in the 21st issue of ''

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'' (March 6, 2018)

Academic lectures and symposia

Kuang was originally scheduled to deliver the 8th annual The J. R. R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature at

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in 2020, but it was postponed two years due to the world-wide

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. In the interim, she participated in a virtual seminar. Kuang delivered the Tolkien Lecture in person on May 23, 2022. * (includes reading list of topics mentioned in the symposium) * * *

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuang, R. F. 1996 births 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers 21st-century Chinese writers 21st-century Chinese women writers Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Alumni of University College, Oxford American writers of Chinese descent Chinese-American literature Georgetown University alumni Greenhill School alumni John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winners Living people Marshall Scholars Nebula Award winners American women science fiction and fantasy writers Writers from Guangzhou American satirists American satirical novelists American women satirists