![]() ![]() Zhao’s debut novel, YA Iron Widow, appeared in 2021, became a bestseller, won a British Science Fiction Association Award, and was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award, British Fantasy Award, Dragon Award, Locus Award, and Lodestar Award. ![]() Their video “EVERYTHING CULTURALLY WRONG WITH MULAN 2020 (And How They Could’ve Been Fixed)’’, discussing the live-action remake of the animated Disney film, has over 3.4 million views, and can be seen here. They finished school at the height of the first COVID wave, and since they were unable to find a job due to the pandemic, they focused on writing and discussing media online, developing a large following on social media and YouTube. Zhao attended Simon Fraser University, graduating in 2020 with a degree in biochemical disease research. XIRAN JAY ZHAO is in their twenties, and was born in a small town in China, immigrating to British Columbia in Canada in their early teens. ![]()
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