Kat Zhang

Kat Zhang (born 1991)[1] is an author of young adult and middle grade literature. Her first trilogy was entitled The Hybrid Chronicles. According to WorldCat, the series is held in 2,545 libraries,[2] and has been translated into Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian. HarperCollins published the trilogy in the United States. The first volume, What's Left of Me, was published in 2012; the third volume, Echoes of Us was published in 2014.

Personal

Zhang was born in Texas to immigrants from China. Her father was from Wuhan, and her mother from Fuzhou.[3]

Zhang graduated from Vanderbilt University.[4]

Writing

Hybrid Chronicles series

Other

Plot

The Hybrid Chronicles books are set in an alternate universe society in which at birth every body possesses two 'souls', or human identities. One of these identities is supposed to fade away with age. Those who retain both souls are labelled 'hybrids' and are ostracized from normal society. The series' protagonists, Addie and Eva, inhabit the same body and try to conceal this fact from other people.

Reception

The Hybrid Chronicles has received generally positive reception from several websites.[8][9]

The first in the trilogy, What's Left of Me, was chosen as a 2012 BEA Buzz book[10] and given a starred review on Publisher's Weekly.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Library of Congress Authority File
  2. ↑ WorldCat author file
  3. ↑ Kang Kai (康慨) (2012-09-24). "华裔美国女生张亦雪昨日出版反乌托邦小说处女作". chinawriter.com.cn (in Chinese).
  4. ↑ "Vanderbilt Sci-Fi Author Kat Zhang". Vanderbilt University. April 16, 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Emperor's Riddle". GoodReads. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Rights report week of November 2 2015". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rights report week of November 2 2015". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  8. ↑ James, Thea (13 September 2013). "Book Review: Once We Were by Kat Zhang". The Book Smugglers. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Barisich, Justin (17 September 2013). "Kat Zhang - Once We Were - Book Review". BookPage. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "BEA 2012: The YA and Middle-Grade Fiction Buzz". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "What's Left of Me". Publisher's Weekly. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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