Fonda Lee

World Fantasy Award-winning author of the epic Green Bone Saga. Former corporate strategist turned black belt martial artist and master storyteller. Winner of the Locus Award, six-time Aurora Award winner, Hugo and Nebula finalist.

Fonda Lee is a Canadian-American author best known for writing The Green Bone Saga, the first of which, Jade City, won the 2018 World Fantasy Award and was named one of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time magazine. Her modern epic has been translated into fifteen languages and has been optioned for television development, establishing Lee as one of contemporary fantasy's most compelling voices.

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Lee attended Stanford University where she earned her MBA and worked as a corporate strategist before becoming a full-time writer. She is a martial artist with black belts in karate and kung fu, expertise that infuses her action sequences with authentic intensity and precision. This unique combination of business acumen and martial arts mastery gives her work a distinctive edge - blending intricate political maneuvering with visceral combat.

Lee is a winner of the Locus Award, a six-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada's national science fiction and fantasy award), and a multiple finalist for the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. Beyond the Green Bone Saga, she is the author of the fantasy novella Untethered Sky and several acclaimed young adult novels, including Zeroboxer, the Exo duology, and, cowritten with Shannon Lee, the Breathmarked duology. Her debut young adult science fiction novel, Zeroboxer, was nominated for the 2015 Andre Norton Award, demonstrating her versatility across genres.

The Green Bone Saga was included on NPR's list, "50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade." Lee's work has garnered multiple starred reviews and appeared on Best of Year lists from NPR, Barnes & Noble, and Syfy Wire. Her 2017 short story "Old Souls" earned nominations for both the Aurora Award and World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction.

Lee currently resides in Portland, Oregon, where she continues to craft stories that blend Asian-inspired urban fantasy with modern political complexity, family drama, and bone-crunching action - all informed by her experience as a recovering corporate strategist, Eggs Benedict enthusiast, and action movie aficionado.