Set in the excruciatingly class-conscious realm of an alternate 19th-century England, Cho’s delightful debut novel skillfully blends fantasy and intrigue with issues of race and gender politics.

There are several ways in which Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Crown invites comparison with Susanna Clarke's best-selling, BBC-adapted Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: It features squabbling English ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Author Zen Cho, widely recognised for her fantasy and speculative fiction, never anticipated venturing into the world of rom-coms. Yet, during the long hours of the Covid-19 lockdown, she found ...

Midway through London writer Zen Cho’s light-spirited debut novel “Sorcerer to the Crown,” the wheels of the hero’s stylish carriage turn into pumpkins. The book’s prologue tells how a little boy ...

Poor Muna's arrival in England is less than auspicious. She and her sister Sakti are refugees from Janda Baik, sent away by their mentor Mak Genggang to seek the mystery of their past (and avoid an ...

‘Spirits Abroad’ wins fantasy award for its uniquely Malaysian speculative fiction. Writer Zen Cho became the first Malaysian to win the William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, when it was announced ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Sorcerer to the Crown combines magic and the Regency period in the manner of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr ...

Zen Cho’s new debut novel Sorcerer to the Crown is getting all kinds of buzz (and we’re dying to read it.) But it’s not her first novel. She wrote two others, which she “binned” before even trying to ...

Jessamyn Teoh has several problems. She is a university graduate who cannot find a job. Her family has had to move from the United States back to Penang to live off the charity of relatives. She has ...