UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thurs 6th Aug: An Evening with Sunyi Dean, Eliza Chan, & Claire North
Trafalgar Square Waterstones, London
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Join us for an evening of ancient myths and legends as we welcome authors Eliza Chan and Sunyi Dean to celebrate their latest books Harbour of Hungry Ghosts and The Girl with a Thousand Faces. Both set in historical Hong Kong, these stories explore hungry spirits, unfamiliar monsters, and the brave young women hunting them. Chaired by Claire North, this evening of dark fantasies, dripping with blends of Chinese and British folklore, is sure to be a hauntingly good night!
Weds 19th Aug: An Evening with Sunyi Dean, Eliza Chan, & AY Chao
Albion Street Waterstones, LEeds
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Join us for an evening of ancient myths and legends as we welcome authors Eliza Chan, Sunyi Dean, and A.Y. Chao to talk about their urban Asian-inspired fantasy books which came out this year!
Sat 22nd Aug: National Book Festival, hosted by the Library of Congress
Washington DC
Time TBC (check website)
I’ll be a guest author at National Book Festival in Washington DC this year! Come by if you’re around - it’s a one day event, completely free to attend. Tickets are required, but only to record numbers. Can’t make it? No problem! Every event will be livestreamed and also available to watch online later.
Press Kit & Pub List
Short Bio
Sunyi Dean (sun-yee deen) is a multi-award-losing author of speculative fiction. Though born in Texas and raised in Hong Kong, she now resides in Northern England. Her debut novel, THE BOOK EATERS, was an instant #2 Sunday Times Bestseller.
In her spare time, she likes buying whisky, collecting dumbbells, and dying in jiu-jitsu. She also founded the Hugo-nominated Publishing Rodeo Podcast with fellow Tor author, Scott Drakeford.
Her sophmore novel, THE GIRL WITH A THOUSAND FACES, launched in May 2026. It was an instant USA Today Bestseller and a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.
Long bio
Sunyi Dean (sun-yee deen) is a multi-award-losing author who was born in rural Texas, grew up in Hong Kong, and now resides in North England. Her family is bilingual and dual-heritage, and she still has relatives in both Hong Kong and the USA.
Sunyi writes cross-genre speculative fiction with a weird slant, and her debut novel, THE BOOK EATERS, was an instant #2 Sunday Times Bestseller.Her sophmore novel, THE GIRL WITH A THOUSAND FACES, launched in May 2026. It was an instant USA Today Bestseller and a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick. Some of her short fiction has appeared in places like Interzone, Grimdark Magazine, BBC Radio Leeds, and Tor Dot Com.
In her spare time, she likes buying whisky, collecting dumbbells, and dying in jiu-jitsu. Outside of actual writing, she is perhaps best known for founding and cohosting the Publishing Rodeo Podcast with fellow Tor author, Scott Drakeford, in which they talk frankly about the trad pub industry.
Presskit for Girl With A Thousand Faces (click to download)
Photos by Mark Hilyer, True North Studio
Complete List of Novels
THE BOOK EATERS (2022)
THE GIRL WITH A THOUSAND FACES (2026)
THE SILENCE IN HEAVEN (Fall 2027)
Complete List of Short Fiction
Deserted Lies the City (2017), available on Interzone Digital
A Possible Serenity (2018), available through Andromeda Magazine
“—Good.” (2018), available at Flash Fiction Online
Ice Cream & English Summers (2018),available at Flash Fiction Online
John Kills Jenny (2019), (link coming soon)
The Long Slow Courtship of Mr. Death and Famishista (2020), reprint available at Grimdark Magazine
This Song Is Dedicated To the End of the World (2021), available through Prole Magazine
How To Cook And Eat the Rich (2022), available on Tor Dot Com
The Thief of Memory (2022), available on Tor Dot Com
Eynhallow Sound (2025), available in the Monstrous Tales Anthology
The Nameless God (2026), available in the David Gemmell Anthology