Ann Liang Ann Liang i(25262803 works by)
Born: Established: Beijing,
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China,
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East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Gender: Female
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Ann Liang is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of the critically acclaimed YA novels: This Time It’s Real (2023), If You Could See the Sun (2023) and I Hope This Doesn't Find You (2024). She was born in Beijing and grew up travelling back and forth between China and Australia. Liang is a graduate of the University of Melbourne where she received her BA, majoring in history and media/communications. 

Her novels have been shortlisted for numerous awards including CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the Queensland Literary Awards. Her debut novel, If You Could See the Sun won the Readings Prize — Young Adult (2023) and was shortlisted for the South Australian Literary Awards — Young Adult Fiction (2024).

Her upcoming novel I Am Not Jessica Chen (2025) is a page-turning speculative YA about a girl who wishes she could be as perfect and successful as her cousin who then wakes up the next morning in her cousin's body.

She now lives in Melbourne, where she can be found making overambitious to‑do lists and having profound conversations with her pet labradoodle about who’s a good dog. 

Source: https://www.annliang.com/about 

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y separately published work icon I Hope This Doesn’t Find You Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2024 27137133 2024 single work novel young adult

'Sadie doesn't have to hold back in her email drafts because nobody will ever read them ... that is, until someone sends them out. Seventeen-year-old Sadie Wen is perfect on paper. It’s a reputation she’s fought hard to earn at the highly prestigious Woodvale Academy, and one she’s determined to maintain until graduation. The trick to keeping her model-student-smile plastered on her face at all times? She channels all her petty frustrations into her email drafts. One for the math teacher who refused to round her eighty-nine-point-nine percent up to ninety; one for the girl who blatantly copied her science project and took the credit for it. But most of her vehemently-worded emails are for her smug, infuriating co-captain, Julius Gong, who’s been the sharpest thorn in her side ever since they were kids. Sadie never meant for these emails to get out ... but now her whole life is about to change... From the author of THIS TIME IT'S REAL comes another own-voices love story with a high-concept twist Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Crazy Rich Asians Gorgeously page-turning and endlessly readable, I HOPE THIS DOESN'T FIND YOU is perfect for BookTok and the Netflix generation' (Publication summary)

2024 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
y separately published work icon This Time It's Real Melbourne : Penguin , 2023 25429197 2023 single work novel romance

'Get ready to fall in love in this hilarious romcom about a girl who begins a fake relationship with the famous actor in her class, perfect for fans of Meg Cabot and Jenny Han.

'When seventeen-year-old Eliza Lin's essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes viral, her entire life changes overnight. Now she has the approval of her classmates at her new international school in Beijing, a career-launching internship opportunity at her favourite magazine ... and a massive secret to keep.

'Eliza made her essay up. She's never been in a relationship before, let alone in love. All good writing is lying, right?

'Desperate to hide the truth, Eliza strikes a deal with the famous actor in her class, the charming but aloof Caz Song. She'll help him write his college applications if he poses as her boyfriend. Caz is a dream boyfriend -- he passes handwritten notes to her in class, makes her little sister laugh, and takes her out on motorcycle rides to the best snack stalls around the city.

'But when her relationship with Caz starts feeling a little too convincing, all of Eliza's carefully laid plans are threatened. Can she still follow her dreams if it means breaking her own heart?' (Publication summary)

2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
y separately published work icon If You Could See the Sun Sydney : HQ Fiction , 2023 25262823 2023 single work novel fantasy

'Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school, where she’s the only scholarship student in a sea of uber-wealthy classmates. But she has a plan: be top in the class, attend a prestigious university, secure a killer job, and finally lift her family out of poverty.

'Then her parents drop a bomb — they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship. But that’s the least of Alice’s problems, because she has started uncontrollably turning invisible. As in completely, physically invisible.

'Alice realises there’s an upside to her strange new power — unparalleled access to the secrets of China’s most rich and influential teens. Soon, Alice has a new plan: offer her invisibility services to find out what her classmates want to know — for a price.

'But between balancing schoolwork, a growing relationship with academic-rival-turned-business-partner Henry, and stealing secrets, things start to fall through the cracks. As the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if helping her family is worth losing her conscience — or even her life.'  (Publication summary)

2024 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction
2023 winner Readings Prizes The Readings Young Adult Book Prize
2023 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
2023 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian Book of the Year for Older Children
2022 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Young Adult Division Novel
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