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ⓘ About Zen Cho
Author Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia in the year 1986. She writes science fiction, fantasy, and romance. She read law at Cambridge and lives in London, where she works as a lawyer and writes stories. Getting time to write is tough for her. She tries to write a bit every day, but never at the cost of her social time. Zen feels that when she dies, she wants to look back at her life and see that she spent as much time as possible with her loved ones and that she had written many stories. She started writing stories when she was only six years old, after learning how to read at around age three or age four. As a child, she read a lot of nineteenth century North American and British fiction while growing up in Malaysia during the twentieth century.
All Book Series by Zen Cho
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2020
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2018
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Thirteen
Book 11 of 15 · published 2019
It Gets Even Better: Stories of Queer Possibility
Book 13 of 15 · published 2021
Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction
Latest in the series · book 15 of 15 · published 2011
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Zen Cho?
Author Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia in the year 1986. She writes science fiction, fantasy, and romance. She read law at Cambridge and lives in London, where she works as a lawyer and writes stories.
Which Zen Cho series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Sorcerer Royal series, the earliest of Zen Cho's multi-book series: it opens with The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo (2012) and runs to 3 books across 2012–2019, ending with The True Queen (2019).
How many books has Zen Cho written?
Zen Cho has 31 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2010 and 2025. 9 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Sorcerer Royal series with 3 books — and 22 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Zen Cho's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Zen Cho's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Sorcerer Royal (2012–2019, 3 books).
How are Zen Cho's books organised into series?
This guide splits Zen Cho's 31 books into 2 named series and 22 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Sorcerer Royal (3 books, 2012–2019); Heiresses of Russ (6 books, 2011–2016).