Fonda Lee

2024 Advocate

BIO:  Fonda Lee is the author of the epic fantasy Green Bone Saga, consisting of Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy. Her other work includes the science fiction novels Zeroboxer and Exo, the fantasy novella, Untethered Sky, and the upcoming Breath of the Dragon, co-written with Shannon Lee. She has been an instructor at writing workshops including Clarion West, Viable Paradise, and Aspen Words. Lee is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, the Aurora Award, as well as a multiple finalist for the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. The Green Bone Saga has been translated into over a dozen languages and named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time. Lee is a former corporate strategist and black belt martial artist who loves action movies and Eggs Benedict.