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Xiran Jay Zhao

Xiran Jay Zhao is the #1 bestselling author of the Iron Widow duology. A first-gen Hui Chinese immigrant from small-town China to Vancouver, Canada, they were raised by the internet and made the inexplicable decision to leave their biochem degree in the dust to write books and make educational content instead. You can find them @XiranJayZhao on Twitter for memes, Instagram for cosplays and fancy outfits, TikTok for fun short videos, and YouTube for long videos about Chinese history and culture. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor is their first middle grade novel.

Books by Xiran Jay Zhao

Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Xiran Jay Zhao

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@amiekaufmanauthor is back, and ready to destroy us all once again!

🌊 Magic, romance, and slumbering gods clash in the start of a riveting fantasy series spanning gangsters' dens, forgotten temples, and the high seas 🌊

The Isles of the Gods proofs are here, and almost ready to start their voyage into the world in some extra special blogger packages 👀

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Mar 8

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Smile. HappyHead is coming. 🙃

Josh Silver aka @smudgecotton is here to give a little insight into his debut novel, HappyHead.

And if you needed another reason to pre-order ahead of publication next week, film rights for HappyHead have been acquired Taron Egerton And Range Media Partners!! 🤯

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Feb 20

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RUN DON’T WALK💨💨💨

The incredible @smudgecotton will be chatting about his debut novel HappyHead, with @taron.egerton 🙃🙃

Friday 10th March at @waterstonesmcr Be quickkkkk, you won’t want to miss this!

#welcometohappyhead #booksigning #waterstones

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Feb 16

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You heard it here first from the incredible @ambersmithauthor HERSELF... the next chapter of Eden and Josh’s story is INCOMING😭😭😭

The sequel to the heart wrenching The Way I Used to Be, The Way I Am Now, is coming THIS NOVEMBER😱💜

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Feb 9

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"We are in an epidemic. An epidemic of unhappiness.
Friends, here is the good news: HAPPYHEAD has the answer...." 🙃

Finished copies of LGBTQ thriller HappyHead by Josh Silver @smudgecotton are here and we are OBSESSED. We really can't shut up about this one.

When Seb is offered a place on a radical retreat designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness, he is determined to change how people see him and make his parents proud. But as he finds himself drawn to the enigmatic Finn, Seb starts to question the true nature of the challenges they must undergo. The deeper into the programme the boys get, the more disturbing the assessments become, until it’s clear there may be no escape...

Early reader copies are making their way out into the world now...

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