Author

Books by R.F. Kuang

R.F. Kuang is a British-American novelist and academic whose work explores colonialism, empire, and violence through fantasy frameworks. Her Poppy War trilogy — a dark fantasy based on twentieth-century Chinese history — established her as a major voice in the genre before Babel became her breakout mainstream hit. She holds degrees from Georgetown, Cambridge, and Oxford, and the academic precision in Babel reflects her scholarly work on translation and empire. Yellowface, her 2023 satirical novel about racial dynamics in publishing, extended her range into contemporary fiction.