The young adult (YA) dark fairy tale retelling of Snow White explores the perspective of the Evil Queen and her dark path to the throne. įorest of a Thousand Lanterns, the first novel in the Rise of the Empress duology, was published in 2017. In 2016, Dao received a three-book deal from Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Books. She studied pre-med biology in college, but decided not to go into the field. She is best known for her debut novel, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, an East Asian-inspired retelling of the Evil Queen legend from Snow White, and its sequel Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix.ĭao was born and grew up in upstate New York, the oldest child of Vietnamese immigrants. Dao is a Vietnamese-American fantasy author.
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