Emily X.R. Pan currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, but was originally born in the Midwestern United States to immigrant parents from Taiwan. She received her MFA in fiction from the NYU Creative Writing Program, where she was a Goldwater Fellow. She is the founding editor-in-chief of Bodega Magazine, and a 2017 Artist-in-Residence at Djerassi. She is the author ofThe Astonishing Color of After and An Arrow to the Moon. Visit Emily online at exrpan.com, and find her on Twitter and Instagram: @exrpan.
Praise for The Astonishing Color of After: A New York Times
bestsellerAn IndieBound bestsellerBustle Best of YA Books of 2018A
Paste Magazine Best Young Adult Novel of 2018Winner of the Walter
Honor AwardWinner of the APALA Honor Award
A Reader's Digest Best Books for Teens of All Time
* "[The novel] pushes the readers' expectations in beautiful and
interesting ways."--School Library Connection, starred review
* "Dynamic, brave Leigh emerges vividly in Pan's deft hand, and her
enthralling journey through her grief glows with stunning warmth,
strength, and resilience."--Booklist, starred review
* "Pan offers an extraordinary journey that proves real, surreal,
and wholly magical."--Shelf Awareness
* "Pan's debut novel is not to be missed."--School Library Journal,
starred review
* "Pan's emotionally charged debut is a compelling exploration of
grief and the insidiousness of depression."--Publishers Weekly,
starred review
* "This novel is as elegant as it is mesmerizing."--VOYA, starred
review
"lyrical and suspenseful"--The New York Times Book Review
"A hypnotic narrative."--Horn Book
"An evocative novel that captures the uncertain, unmoored feeling
of existing between worlds--culturally, linguistically, ethnically,
romantically, and existentially--it is also about seeking hope and
finding beauty even in one's darkest hours."--Kirkus Reviews
"An extraordinary debut from a fiercely talented writer."--Nova Ren
Suma, bestselling author of The Walls Around Us
"Emily X.R. Pan beautifully depicts grief in all its complexities:
the numbing sadness, the rage, the confusion, and, most hauntingly,
the joy."--Bustle.com
"Emily X.R. Pan utterly transported me to a world reminiscent of
Isabel Allende. Haunting at every turn, this is a glorious
debut."--Ren�e Ahdieh, bestselling author of The Wrath and the
Dawn
"Emily X.R. Pan's brilliantly crafted, harrowing first novel
portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching
beauty and candor. This is a very special book."--John Green,
bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the
Way Down
"I am sure I will return to this book every year, just as I am sure
that there will always be something new for me to find in its
pages."--BookRiot
"In her debut book, Pan communicates what seems many lifetimes of
wisdom: the intricacies of grief, how mental illness ripples
through families and what it means to find love in the midst of so
much loss."--The Daily Beast
"In this dazzling debut, author Emily X.R. Pan has created a
spellbinding narrative about love, family, and what it means to
grieve."--Bustle
"Magic and mourning, love and loss, secrets kept and secrets
revealed all illuminate Emily X.R. Pan's inventive and
heart-wrenching debut."--Gayle Forman, bestselling author of If I
Stay and I Was Here
"My heart has never been more pleasantly devastated. A raw and
brilliant debut."--Roshani Chokshi, bestselling author of The
Star-Touched Queen
"The story is centered on a heart-wrenching mystery, yet Pan's
prose is as warm and free-flowing as Waipo's oolong tea, making
this story a surprisingly uplifting one."--BookPage
"The Astonishing Color of After works a delicate magic. Its
portrayal of grief is deeply felt, and so too is its deliciously
tricky romance. I loved this book."--Marie Rutkoski, bestselling
author of The Winner's Curse
"This beautiful, magical journey through grief made my heart take
flight."--Holly Black, bestselling author of The Cruel Prince and
The Darkest Part of the Forest
"Through Leigh's emotional, illuminating first person narration,
Emily X. R. Pan peels back the layers of her grief to expose the
heart at the center. The result is a novel as lyrical as it is
earnest."--Tor.com
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