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Shelley Parker-Chan is an Asian Australian former international development adviser who worked on human rights, gender equality, and LGBTQ+ rights in Southeast Asia. Their historical fantasy Radiant Emperor duology was a Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller and has been translated into 15 languages. Parker-Chan is a previous winner of the Astounding Award for Best Debut and the British Fantasy Awards for Best Fantasy Novel and Best Newcomer. They live in Melbourne, Australia.
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She Who Became the Sun
It is the first novel in the completed Radiant Emperor duology and introduces its central characters, setting, and historical reimagining.
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The Radiant Emperor
A queer reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang, the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty.