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40-Word Bio

Alice is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Shanghai Immortal. She’s a Taiwanese Canadian fantasy writer resident in the UK who enjoys exploring the intersections of identity and belonging in her writing. Find her online at aychao.com.

60-Word Bio

Alice is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Shanghai Immortal, the first in a trilogy following charmingly profane half-fox spirit, half vampire Lady Jing. A recovering lawyer and xiaolongbao enthusiast, she is grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

She lives in London, UK with her family. Find her online at aychao.com.

100-Word Bio

Alice is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Shanghai Immortal, the first in a trilogy following charmingly profane half-fox spirit, half-vampire Lady Jing.

She’s lived in Calgary, Taipei, Paris, Stockholm, Beijing, London, and Hong Kong, where she’s been interloper, compatriot, tourist, and foreigner. As a result of her experiences, she’s fascinated by the interplay between self-perceived versus imposed identity and how this intersects with belonging, themes she enjoys exploring in her stories.

A recovering lawyer and xiaolongbao enthusiast, Alice now lives in London with her family. Find her online at aychao.com and @ay_chao on Twitter and Instagram. 

Full Length Bio

Alice is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Shanghai Immortal, the first in a trilogy following the shenanigans of charmingly profane, irreverent, sometimes petulant but always entertaining half hulijing fox spirit Lady Jing.

She’s lived in Calgary, Taipei, Paris, Stockholm, Beijing, London, and Hong Kong, giving her the unique experience of being a minority in Canada and the UK, one kind of foreigner in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong SAR, and another kind in France and Sweden, as well as an expat in England. Belonging nowhere and everywhere, depending on her mood and mindset, she’s fascinated by the interplay between self-perceived versus imposed identity and how this intersects with belonging and enjoys exploring these spaces in her stories.

Alice lives in London with her geo-historian hubby, chatterbox daughter, and sweet rescue pup. She’s grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. Find her online at aychao.com and @ay_chao on Twitter and Instagram.