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Xiran Jay Zhao
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Xiran Jay Zhao is a first generation immigrant to Canada from small town China (which, for China, means a town of 4 million people). A recent graduate from Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, they wrote sci-fi and fantasy books while they probably should’ve been studying more biochemical pathways. They are in a cow suit because they made a promise to their friends 7 years ago that they would take their author photo in it if they actually got published, and they are not going back on that promise.
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Series
Iron Widow
This series is for you if you're into...
- Psychic mecha warfare with lethal pilot bonds
- Futurist Chinese history with ferocious anti-patriarchy fire
- Rage-driven heroines toppling cruel systems from within
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