![]() ![]() And of course I just read a ton of Chinese webnovels, and you can find those translations all over-but also now from publishers like Seven Seas. ![]() The Chinese classic novel Jin Ping Mei was a big influence. There's the kdrama Empress Ki, the Korean film A Frozen Flower, the international film Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan, and the Netflix series Marco Polo. ![]() Parker-Chan spent nearly a decade working as a diplomat and international development adviser in Southeast Asia. A 2017 Tiptree Fellow, she is the author of the historical fantasy novel She Who Became the Sun. ![]() Jin Yong's super famous wuxia series Legends of the Condor Heroes is set in about the same time period (the first book in English is called A Hero Born). Shelley Parker-Chan is an Australian by way of Malaysia and New Zealand. I think he has a new one out, too, about Chinese food. Spence's historical biographies: they're interesting, accessible and very humanising accounts. Shelley Parker-Chan I'm such a scattered researcher that I'm a bad person to ask this to! I just read a lot of random things over many years, from academic accounts to cd …more I'm such a scattered researcher that I'm a bad person to ask this to! I just read a lot of random things over many years, from academic accounts to cdramas to webnovels, and let it all jumble together. The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller An immersive historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a queer retelling of one legendary Chinese rulers rise to power. ![]()
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