Yangsze Choo

“Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking.” So begins The Fox Wife, an enchanting tale told by Snow, a hypnotically beautiful woman on a journey seeking vengeance for her child’s death. Snow is enigmatic, and one wonders, is she a woman or is she a white fox who has transformed herself into a woman? Set in Manchuria in 1908, Snow’s story involves murder, disappearances, and bumbling detectives. The Fox Wife is a novel of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection.

Set in 1930s colonial Malaysia, The Night Tiger tells of a dancehall girl and an orphan boy whose fates entangle over an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. Dazzling and propulsive, The Night Tiger pulls us into a world of servants and masters, age-old myths and modern idealism, sibling rivalry and forbidden love. The Night Tiger was a Reese Witherspoon Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller. Choo’s first novel, The Ghost Bride, was a New York Times bestseller and is currently in production as a Netflix Original series.

Choo is a fourth-generation Malaysian of Chinese descent. After graduating from Harvard University, she worked as a management consultant and at a startup before embarking on a career as a writer. She lives in California.