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Ann Liang

Ann Liang is a Chinese-Australian author of young adult romance and fantasy. She is known for If You Could See the Sun, This Time It’s Real, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You, and A Song to Drown Rivers, with her novels published internationally.

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Writing has always been a way for me to process things that either are happening to me or have happened to me in the past
-Moving On Up: Ann Liang
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I’ve been moving back and forth my whole life
-Student Spotlight: Ann Liang
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I wanted to make her worst fears come true
-Student Spotlight: Ann Liang
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I feel like I’m always writing, even when I’m not actively typing words down on the page
-Q&A with the Readings Young Adult Prize shortlist authors
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Be patient
-Ann Liang shares how she managed to publish two YA books before age 23
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Epic. Tragic. Not a Romantasy
-Q&A: Ann Liang, Author of 'A Song To Drown Rivers'
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I absolutely adored this book
-Love Craves Cardamom
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I adored every word
-Love Me Tomorrow
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Come for the fake-dating and stay for the yearning
-Good Luck, Babe!
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I couldn't put the book down
-Firstborn

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Voci della Community

"Ann Liang is a fantastic new voice in YA!"

Gloria Chao ((

"Ann Liang has fashioned an elegant historical epic, honouring the ingenuity of women in the face of impossible odds"

Samantha Shannon ((

"Ann Liang’s This Time It’s Real has it all—a messy but lovable heroine, fake-dating, Beijing!"

Emiko Jean ((

"Ann Liang: a generational talent in my opinion, because her romances make me giggle more than anything, and her adult fiction makes me sob"

Chloe Gong ((

"Ann Liang masterfully crafts a story of fate and freedom—rich, wondrous, and devastating all at once"

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"Ann Liang pens a rich cultural world in this sparkling coming-of-age story with so much heart I thought mine was going to burst"

Laura Taylor Namey ((

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