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ⓘ About Yoon Ha Lee
Author Yoon Ha Lee was born in January 26, 1979 in Houston, Texas and is a Korean American. He writes fantasy and science fiction stories; he also writes military fiction and fairy tales. Most of what Lee writes are short stories, but has written some poetry as well. As a child, he lived in both South Korea and in the state of Texas. It was in Korea that he went to high school, and learned English at the international school. For college, Lee went to Cornell University where he majored in mathematics; he would later get his master’s in secondary mathematics education at Stanford University. Lee has taught mathematics, worked in web design, and worked as an analyst for an energy market intelligence company. He finds that math is a subject that can be mined for story ideas.
All Book Series by Yoon Ha Lee
Thor: Metal Gods
Book 2 of 3 · published 2024 Co-authored · Brian Keene,Jay Edidin,Aaron Stewart-Ahn
A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 2011
Brain Games for Blocked Writers: 81 Tips to Get You Unstuck
Single-title series · published 2023
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition
Series opener · book 1 of 15 · published 2010
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition
Book 2 of 15 · published 2011
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
Book 3 of 15 · published 2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition
Book 4 of 15 · published 2013
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Book 5 of 15 · published 2014
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition
Book 6 of 15 · published 2015
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition
Book 7 of 15 · published 2016
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition
Book 8 of 15 · published 2017
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition
Book 9 of 15 · published 2018
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition
Book 10 of 15 · published 2020
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3
Book 13 of 15 · published 2022
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2024
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2
Series opener · book 1 of 8 · published 2008 Anthology · Elizabeth Bear,Rachel Swirsky,Kelly Link,Mark Rich,Lawrence Schimel,Nisi Shawl,Eileen Gunn,L. Timmel Duchamp,Nnedi Okorafor,Nicola Griffith,Catherynne M. Valente,N.K. Jemisin,K. Tempest Bradford,Na'amen Gobert Tilahun,Joan Haran,Laura Quilter,Laurie J. Marks,K. Joyce Tsai,Tom LaFarge,Kate Schaefer,Rosalyn Berne,Susan Simensky Bietila,Jacqueline A. Gross,Chris Nakashima Brown,M.J. Hardman
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF
Book 2 of 8 · published 2009
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4
Book 3 of 8 · published 2010 Anthology · Sylvia Kelso
The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5
Book 4 of 8 · published 2011 Anthology · Nisi Shawl
The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom
Book 5 of 8 · published 2012 Anthology · Alexis Lothian
The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives
Book 6 of 8 · published 2013 Anthology · JoSelle Vanderhooft
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9
Book 7 of 8 · published 2015 Anthology · Mary Anne Mohanraj
The WisCon Chronicles 11
Latest in the series · book 8 of 8 · published 2017 Anthology · Nisi Shawl,Jaymee Goh
The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF
Book 7 of 57 · published 2009
The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year One
Book 8 of 57 · published 2010
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection
Book 14 of 57 · published 2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition
Book 17 of 57 · published 2012
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition
Book 22 of 57 · published 2014
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
Book 33 of 57 · published 2016
The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven
Book 34 of 57 · published 2016
The Best Science Fiction of the Year Volume Three
Book 37 of 57 · published 2017
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen
Book 42 of 57 · published 2019
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2019 Edition
Book 44 of 57 · published 2019
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark
Book 47 of 57 · published 2020
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Five
Book 48 of 57 · published 2020
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005
Latest in the series · book 57 of 57 · published 2005
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Yoon Ha Lee?
Author Yoon Ha Lee was born in January 26, 1979 in Houston, Texas and is a Korean American. He writes fantasy and science fiction stories; he also writes military fiction and fairy tales. Most of what Lee writes are short stories, but has written some poetry as well.
Which Yoon Ha Lee series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Machineries Of Empire series, the earliest of Yoon Ha Lee's multi-book series: it opens with Ninefox Gambit (2016) and runs to 4 books across 2016–2019, ending with Hexarchate Stories (2019). Yoon Ha Lee's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Yoon Ha Lee written?
Yoon Ha Lee has 106 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2026. 33 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Machineries Of Empire series with 4 books — and 73 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Yoon Ha Lee's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Yoon Ha Lee's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Machineries Of Empire (2016–2019, 4 books), Thousand Worlds (2019–2023, 3 books) and The Vela (2019, 1 book), plus 1 more.
How are Yoon Ha Lee's books organised into series?
This guide splits Yoon Ha Lee's 106 books into 6 named series and 73 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Machineries Of Empire (4 books, 2016–2019); Thousand Worlds (3 books, 2019–2023); Moonstorm (2 books, 2024–2025); The Vela (1 book, 2019); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror (15 books, 2010–2024), plus 1 further series.