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Fonda Lee is the award-wining author of science fiction novels Zeroboxer and Exo, and the forthcoming gangster fantasy saga Jade City (Orbit, Nov. 2017). Fonda is a recovering corporate strategist, black belt martial artist, foodie, and action movie aficionado living in Portland, Oregon.

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	Zeroboxer 3.71 avg rating — 789 ratings — published 2015 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exo 3.81 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jade City (The Green Bone Saga #1) 3.99 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy by Lucas K. Law (editor), Derwin Mak (editor), Elsie Chapman (introduction) 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cross Fire (Exo #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossed Genres Magazine 2.0 Issue 26: Betrayal (Crossed Genres Magazine 2.0, #26) by Bart R. Leib (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kay T. Holt (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kelly Jennings (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jade City Launch Roundup

Jade City is officially out in the world and I couldn’t be happier to share this book with readers. Here’s a roundup of recent online coverage and guest posts related to the launch:

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Chapters 1-4 on the Orbit website
Chapter 6 on The Book Smugglers
Chapter 7 on Pornokitsch

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Library Journal (starred review, Pick of the Month)
Publisher’s Weekly
Book Page
Kirkus
Tor.com
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Exo (2 books)
by Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 450 ratings

The Green Bone Saga (1 book)
by Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 163 ratings

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Fonda Lee added a status update: My publisher is holding a Goodreads giveaway for an ARC of JADE CITY, but it ends in tomorrow! Go enter it! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
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Jade City is my adult debut and it also marks my foray into epic fantasy. It came about from watching kung fu movies and thinking, "You know, I'm a long-time student of martial arts, so why can't I punch through concrete or fly thirty feet into the a ...more
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Andrew Smith needs to teach a master class on perfecting writer's voice. Amazing stuff.
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The second book in an author's career is often harder to write than the first, so as much as I love ZEROBOXER, I am especially proud of EXO. I set out to break a lot of tropes in this book, to completely twist the old "aliens conquer Earth" narrative ...more
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I've always had a soft spot for portal fantasy stories (Narnia! Oz! Wonderland! Stargate!). Three Great Lies delivers that same sense of "stranger in a magical land" adventure, but in ANCIENT EGYPT. With animated mummies and cat-headed girls. If you ...more
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“But he knew he would always remember and be remembered, for this moment, and for others like it, raw and honest.”
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