Short Bio

Sunyi Dean (sun-yee deen) is a multi-award-losing author of speculative fiction. She was born in Texas, raised in Hong Kong, and now resides in Yorkshire. In her spare time, she likes buying whisky, collecting dumbbells, and dying in jiu-jitsu.

Her debut novel, The Book Eaters, was an instant #2 Sunday Times Bestseller, while her sophmore novel, The Girl With A Thousand Faces, was a USA Today Bestseller and a BBC Radio 2 Book Club selection.

A third novel, The Silence of Heaven, is due out by Fall 2027.

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)