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'''Rebecca F. Kuang''' (born May 29, 1996)<ref name="locusinterview">{{cite web |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/07/r-f-kuang-distortions/ |title=R.F. Kuang: Distortions |work=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |date=2019-07-15}}</ref> is an American fantasy novelist.<ref name="Georgetown">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-author-r-f-kuang-speaks-upcoming-novel-poppy-war/ |title=Georgetown Author R.F. Kuang Speaks on Upcoming Novel 'The Poppy War' |date=2017-12-10 |access-date=2018-05-12 |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Hoya]] |first=Rachel |last=Linton}}</ref> Her first novel, ''[[The Poppy War]]'', was released in 2018, followed by the sequels ''[[The Dragon Republic]]'' in 2019<ref name="Verge">{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Andrew |title=10 new science fiction and fantasy novels to check out this August |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/1/20697718/science-fiction-fantasy-books-recommendations-august-kuang-brown-hartsuyker |access-date=2019-08-06 |work=[[The Verge]] |date=2019-08-01}}</ref>, and ''[[The Burning God]]'' in 2020. Kuang released a stand-alone novel, ''[[Babel, or the Necessity of Violence]]'', in 2022. Her newestlatest bookrelease is ''[[Yellowface (novel)|Yellowface]]'', a satirical novel which was published in 2023. Kuang holds an undergraduate degree in international economics with a minor in Asian Studies from [[Georgetown University]] and graduate degrees in [[Sinology]] from [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], and from [[University College, Oxford]], and is currently studyingpursuing a PhD at [[Yale University]].<ref name="Georgetown" /><ref name="GeorgetownUniversity"/><ref name=Chen2020>{{cite web |url=https://www.itsrealmagazine.org/interview-with-rebecca-kuang.html |title=Interview with Rebecca Kuang |work=It's Real Magazine |first=Ana |last=Chen |date=2020}}</ref><ref name="npr-2020nov24">{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/937995479/in-the-poppy-war-series-r-f-kuang-asks-what-if-mao-was-a-teenage-girl |title=In The Poppy War Series, R.F. Kuang Asks: 'What If Mao Was A Teenage Girl?' |website=[[NPR]] |date=November 24, 2020 |first=Alan |last=Yu |access-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124192058/https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/937995479/in-the-poppy-war-series-r-f-kuang-asks-what-if-mao-was-a-teenage-girl |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kuang has received manya number of accolades as an author. ''Babel'' debuted at the first spot on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]], and won the [[Blackwell's]] Book of the Year for Fiction in 2022 andalong with the 2022 [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]]. In addition, Kuang has won the [[Compton Crook Award]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-04-15 |title=Kuang Wins Compton Crook Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/04/kuang-wins-compton-crook-award/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US}}</ref> the [[Crawford Award]],<ref name=Crawford>{{cite news |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/02/kuang-wins-crawford-award/ |title=Kuang Wins Crawford Award |magazine=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]] |date=2019-02-01}}</ref> and the 2020 [[Astounding Award for Best New Writer|''Astounding'' Award for Best New Writer]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-04-02 |title=2019 Hugo and Campbell Awards Finalists |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/04/2019-hugo-and-campbell-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US}}</ref> along withhas beingbeen a finalist for the [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Nebula]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=R.F. Kuang|url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominees/r-f-kuang/|last=|first=|date= |publisher=Nebula Awards|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> [[Locus Award|Locus]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-07 |title=2019 Locus Awards Finalists |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/05/2019-locus-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}</ref> [[World Fantasy Award—Novel|World Fantasy]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last1=Miyazaki |first1=Hayao |last2=Zipes |first2=Jack |title=World Fantasy Awards 2019 |url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/world-fantasy-awards%e2%84%a0-2019/ |access-date=2020-05-17 |publisher=[[World Fantasy Convention]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Kitschies]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-03-05 |title=2018 Kitschies Shortlists |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/03/2018-kitschies-shortlists/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[British Fantasy Award|British Fantasy]]<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2019-07-23 |title=British Fantasy Awards 2019 |url=https://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/british-fantasy-awards-2019/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |publisher=[[The British Fantasy Society]] |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128024233/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/british-fantasy-awards-2019/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> awards for ''The Poppy War''.

Kuang immigratedwas toborn theMay United29, States1996, fromin [[Guangzhou]].<ref name="locusinterview">{{cite web |date=2019-07-15 |title=R.F. Kuang: Distortions |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/07/r-f-kuang-distortions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715184812/https://locusmag.com/2019/07/r-f-kuang-distortions/ |archive-date=July 15, 2019 |access-date=September 7, 2019 |work=[[ChinaLocus (magazine)|Locus]],}}</ref> She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was four years old.<ref name="Randall22">{{cite news |last1=Randall |first1=Kayla |title=How a Georgetown Student Published Her Epic Fantasy Debut—Before She Turned 22 |url=https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/books/blog/21014341/how-rebecca-f-kuangs-wrote-the-poppy-war |access-date=6 September 2018 |work=[[Washington City Paper]] |date=20 July 1018 |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023194454/https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/books/blog/21014341/how-rebecca-f-kuangs-wrote-the-poppy-war |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Without End">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldswithoutend.com/author.asp?id=5808|title=R. F. Kuang|website=Worlds Without End|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12|archive-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011511/https://www.worldswithoutend.com/author.asp?id=5808|url-status=live}}</ref> Her father grew up in [[Leiyang]], in [[Hunan]] province, and her mother grew up in [[Hainan Island|Hainan]] province.<ref name="KiddNovel" /> Her maternal grandfather fought for [[Chiang Kai-shek]].<ref name="KiddNovel"/> Her father's family experienced the Japanese occupation of Hunan.<ref name="KiddNovel"/><ref name="JunzhouShilong">{{cite news |last1=Junzhou |first1=Qiu |last2=Shilong |first2=Yang |title=Feature: Young Chinese American writer tells forgotten WWII history in fantasy setting |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/07/c_137235766.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162356/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/07/c_137235766.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=2018-09-06 |work=[[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua]] |date=2018-06-07}}</ref>

Kuang grew up in [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]] and graduated from [[Greenhill School (Addison, Texas)|Greenhill School]] in 2013.<ref name="GreenhillSchool">{{cite news |title=Alumna Rebecca Kuang '13 Awarded 2018 Marshall Scholarship |url=https://www.greenhill.org/page/news-detail?pk=972644# |access-date=2018-09-06 |work=Greenhill School |date=2017-09-05 |archive-date=November 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101004005/https://www.greenhill.org/page/news-detail?pk=972644 |url-status=live }}</ref> She attended [[Georgetown University]], majoring in history,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pongsajapan |first=Robert |date=2018-07-17 |title=First Novel in Trilogy by Recent Grad Draws on Georgetown Studies |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/first-novel-in-trilogy-by-recent-grad-draws-on-georgetown-studies/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=Georgetown University |language=en-US |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803180834/https://www.georgetown.edu/news/first-novel-in-trilogy-by-recent-grad-draws-on-georgetown-studies/ |url-status=live }}</ref> attracted by the college's well-known [[Debate#Competitive debating|debating team]] after winning the [[Tournament of Champions (debate)|Tournament of Champions]].<ref name="Randall22" /> While in college, Kuang, aged 19, began writing ''Poppy War'' during a [[gap year]] in China, where she worked as a debate coach; the book was published shortly before her 22nd birthday.<ref name="Randall22" /><ref name="GeorgetownUniversity">{{cite news |title=First Novel in Trilogy by Recent Grad Draws on Georgetown Studies |url=https://www.georgetown.edu/news/first-novel-in-trilogy-by-recent-grad-reflects-georgetown-studies |access-date=2018-09-06 |work=Georgetown University |date=2018-07-17 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906195439/https://www.georgetown.edu/news/first-novel-in-trilogy-by-recent-grad-reflects-georgetown-studies |url-status=live }}</ref> Kuang graduated from the [[Odyssey Writing Workshop]] in 2016 and attended the CSSF Novel Writing Workshop in 2017.<ref name="Without End" /> She graduated from Georgetown's [[Walsh School of Foreign Service|School of Foreign Service]] in June 2018. She spent the summer after graduation coaching a debate camp in Colorado.<ref name="KiddNovel">{{cite news |last1=Kidd |first1=James |title=China's bloody history and Game of Thrones-style fantasy unite in author R.F. Kuang's debut novel |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/2156653/chinas-bloody-history-and-game-thrones-style-fantasy |access-date=2018-09-06 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=2018-07-25 |archive-date=May 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523014737/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/2156653/chinas-bloody-history-and-game-thrones-style-fantasy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Randall22"/><ref name="GeorgetownUniversity"/>

Kuang attended [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] as a recipient of a 2018 [[Marshall Scholarship]], where she earned a [[Master of Philosophy]] in [[Sinology|Chinese studies]].<ref name="Georgetown">{{Cite news |last=Linton |first=Rachel |date=2017-12-10 |title=Georgetown Author R.F. Kuang Speaks on Upcoming Novel 'The Poppy War' |url=http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-author-r-f-kuang-speaks-upcoming-novel-poppy-war/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011349/http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-author-r-f-kuang-speaks-upcoming-novel-poppy-war/ |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |access-date=2018-05-12 |newspaper=[[The Hoya]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="GeorgetownUniversity"/><ref name="About">{{Cite web|url=https://rfkuang.com/about/|title=About|date=2017-08-04|website=Rebecca F. Kuang|language=en|access-date=2020-01-09|archive-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402001928/https://rfkuang.com/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> The following academic year, she studied at [[University College, Oxford]] and received an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies.<ref name="About" /> Kuang returned to the United States in the fall of 2020 to pursue a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at [[Yale University]].<ref name="Chen2020">{{cite web |last=Chen |first=Ana |date=2020 |title=Interview with Rebecca Kuang |url=https://www.itsrealmagazine.org/interview-with-rebecca-kuang.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101085945/https://www.itsrealmagazine.org/interview-with-rebecca-kuang.html |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |work=It's Real Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Liu |first=Rebecca |last2= |date=2023-05-20 |title=Rebecca F Kuang: 'Who has the right to tell a story? It's the wrong question to ask' |language= |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/rebecca-f-kuang-who-has-the-right-to-tell-a-story-its-the-wrong-question-to-ask |access-date=2023-12-25 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602030015/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/rebecca-f-kuang-who-has-the-right-to-tell-a-story-its-the-wrong-question-to-ask |url-status=live }}</ref>

HerKuang's debut novel ''[[The Poppy War]]'', a Chinese military fantasy, was published by [[HarperCollins|Harper Voyager]] in 2018 and is the first book in the Poppy War trilogy.<ref name="RTBR">{{Cite news |url=https://www.rtbookreviews.com/bonus-content/q-a/the-poppy-war-rf-kuang |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011422/https://www.rtbookreviews.com/bonus-content/q-a/the-poppy-war-rf-kuang |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-05-13 |title=R.F. Kuang Stuns With Her Debut Fantasy Novel, The Poppy War |work=RT Book Reviews |access-date=2018-05-12 |first=Alyssa |last=Duspiva}}</ref> ''The Poppy War'' has received mainly favorable reviews, with ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' calling it "a strong and dramatic launch to Kuang's career".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-266256-9 |title=Fiction Book Review: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. Harper Voyager, $26.99 (544p) |isbn=978-0-06-266256-9 |newspaper=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=2018-05-12 |language=en |date=2018-03-05 |last1=Kuang |first1=R. F. |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513011548/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-266256-9 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2020, herthe first two books in the ''Poppy WarsWar'' trilogy were included in [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine's ''The 100 Best Fantasy Bookslist of Allthe Time''100 (Thebest Burningfantasy Godbooks wasof notall available when the article was published)time.<ref name="tm-2020oct15a">{{cite news |url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/5898525/the-poppy-war/ |title=The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=October 15, 2020 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917043752/https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/5898525/the-poppy-war/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="tm-2020oct15b">{{cite news |url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/5898531/the-dragon-republic/ |title=The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=October 15, 2020 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414180310/https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/5898531/the-dragon-republic/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2020, Starlight Media, the U.S. film subsidiary of China-based Starlight Culture Entertainment Group, [[optioned]] the rights to adapt Kuang's Poppy Wars trilogy for television.<ref name="deadline.com-2020dec08">{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/starlight-media-tv-adaptation-of-rebecca-f-kuangs-fantasy-books-the-poppy-war-1234651757/ |title=Starlight Media Developing TV Adaptation Of Rebecca F. Kuang's Fantasy Books Including 'The Poppy War' |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=December 8, 2020 |last=White |first=Peter |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414180310/https://deadline.com/2020/12/starlight-media-tv-adaptation-of-rebecca-f-kuangs-fantasy-books-the-poppy-war-1234651757/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, sheKuang wrote a short story in the [[Star Wars]] universe called "Against All Odds" about a [[Rebel Alliance]] defender on the ice planet [[Hoth]] named Dak Ralter. It was published in the anthology ''From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories celebrating 40 years of The Empire Strikes Back''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2020/06/11/the-empire-strikes-back-from-a-certain-point-of-view-star-wars-anthology-book-announced/ |title="The Empire Strikes Back: From a Certain Point of View" Star Wars Anthology Book Announced |work=Laughing Place |date=October 6, 2020 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811005011/https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2020/06/11/the-empire-strikes-back-from-a-certain-point-of-view-star-wars-anthology-book-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Peter Luo's [[Starlight Media]] and SA Inc is set to adapt the ''Poppy War'' trilogy for television.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2020 |title=TV: The Poppy War |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3887 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Shelf Awareness]] |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127172457/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3887 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''The Poppy War'', a [[grimdark]] fantasy, draws its plot and politics from mid-20th-century China,<ref name="Barnes and Noble">{{Cite news |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/cover-story-poppy-war-epic-debut-inspired-20th-century-china/ |title=Cover Story: R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War, an Epic Debut Inspired by 20th Century China |date=2018-01-11 |work=The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog |access-date=2018-05-12 |language=en-US |first=Joel |last=Cunningham |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513080849/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/cover-story-poppy-war-epic-debut-inspired-20th-century-china/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nerdmuch.com/books/154577/best-new-sci-fi-fantasy-books/ |title=15 Best New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books: May 2018 |date=2018-05-01 |work=Nerd Much? |access-date=2018-05-12 |language=en-US |first=Peter |last=McPherson |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513080947/https://www.nerdmuch.com/books/154577/best-new-sci-fi-fantasy-books/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MasonReview">{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Everdeen |title=Best science fiction and fantasy books out this month (brief book review) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-out-this-month/2018/05/02/bdd0e262-4d4f-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html |access-date=2018-09-02 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=2018-05-02 |archive-date=August 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831160018/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-out-this-month/2018/05/02/bdd0e262-4d4f-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with the conflict in the novel based on the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], and an atmosphere inspired by the [[Song dynasty]].<ref name="Bookpage">{{Cite news |url=https://bookpage.com/interviews/22654-r-f-kuang |title=R.F. Kuang -– Interview |work=BookPage |access-date=2018-05-12 |language=en |first=Chris |last=Pickens |date=2018-05-01 |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513080934/https://bookpage.com/interviews/22654-r-f-kuang |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Poppy War'' was nominated for the 2019 [[World Fantasy Award—Novel|World Fantasy Award for Best Novel]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldfantasy.org/world-fantasy-awards%e2%84%a0-2019/ |title=World Fantasy Awards 2019 |work=[[World Fantasy Convention]] |language=en-US |access-date=2019-07-25 |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104212530/http://www.worldfantasy.org/world-fantasy-awards%E2%84%A0-2019/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Released in 2019, ''The Dragon Republic'' is the sequel to ''The Poppy War''.<ref name="Verge">{{cite news |last1=Liptak |first1=Andrew |date=2019-08-01 |title=10 new science fiction and fantasy novels to check out this August |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/1/20697718/science-fiction-fantasy-books-recommendations-august-kuang-brown-hartsuyker |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414181427/https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/1/20697718/science-fiction-fantasy-books-recommendations-august-kuang-brown-hartsuyker |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=2019-08-06 |work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> The Nikan Empire begins to fall apart due to infighting and the Hesperians return. The reviewer for Fantasy Book Review wrote, "Kuang excels at wreaking emotional havoc while delivering a powerful meditation on war and survival."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/R-F-Kuang/The-Dragon-Republic.html |title=The Dragon Republic by R F Kuang (The Poppy War #2) |work=Fantasy Book Review |first=Adam |last=Weller |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927073341/https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/R-F-Kuang/The-Dragon-Republic.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Publishers Weekly said that "Kuang brings brilliance to this invigorating and complex military fantasy sequel to The Poppy War."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-266263-7 |title=Fiction Book Review: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang. Harper Voyager, $26.99 (672p) |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=2019-05-22 |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313144259/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-266263-7 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Released in 2020, ''The Burning God'' is the sequel to ''The Dragon Republic'' and the conclusion to the ''Poppy Wars'' series. Rin fights the forces that have torn her country apart into a civil war. A reviewer for ''The Fantasy Hive'' wrote, "Rebecca Kuang's conclusion to her debut trilogy, ''The Poppy War'', is testament to her growth as a writer; not only is it a fitting close to an ambitious series."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2020/12/the-burning-god-by-r-f-kuang-book-review/ |title=The Burning God by R. F. Kuang—Book Review |work=The Fantasy Hive |first=Filip |last=Magnus |date=2020-12-10 |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124173738/https://fantasy-hive.co.uk/2020/12/the-burning-god-by-r-f-kuang-book-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The reviewer for ''Publishers Weekly'' said that "[t]he result is a satisfying if not happy end to the series."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-266262-0 |title=Fiction Book Review: The Burning God by R.F. Kuang. Harper Voyager, $26.99 (640p) |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=2020-08-04 |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226021027/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-266262-0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2021, Kuang announced the August 2022 release of her fourth novel, ''[[Babel, or the Necessity of Violence]]: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution'', by Harper Voyager. ''Babel'' is set in 1830s England.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tor.com/2021/05/06/poppy-war-rf-kuang-announces-new-novel-babel/ |title=Poppy War Author R.F. Kuang Announces New Novel, Babel |work=[[Tor.com]] |first=Andrew |last=Liptak |date=May 6, 2021 |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515234324/https://www.tor.com/2021/05/06/poppy-war-rf-kuang-announces-new-novel-babel/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tinyletter.com/kuangrf/letters/announcing-babel-out-august-2022 |title=Announcing BABEL, out August 2022 |first=Rebecca |last=Kuang |date=May 5, 2021 |work=R.F. Kuang Author Newsletter |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206151834/https://tinyletter.com/kuangrf/letters/announcing-babel-out-august-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the second week of September 2022, ''Babel'' debuted at the top spot on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] for hardcover fiction,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/09/11/hardcover-fiction/ |title=Hardcover Fiction |date=September 11, 2022 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929065101/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/09/11/hardcover-fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but dropped to the ninth spot the following week<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/09/18/hardcover-fiction/ |title=Hardcover Fiction |date=September 18, 2022 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929065104/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/09/18/hardcover-fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> before disappearing from the list by the end of the month.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/09/25/hardcover-fiction/ |title=Hardcover Fiction |date=September 25, 2022 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929065103/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2022/09/25/hardcover-fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Kuang's ''Babel'' was excluded from consideration for the 2023 [[Hugo Award]] along with Chinese Canadian author [[Xiran Jay Zhao]]'s ''Iron Widow''. The awards ceremony that year was held in Chengdu, China, and leaked emails later revealed that an administrator had recommended that books whose content might prove controversial in China be excluded from the list of nominees.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alter |first=Alexandra |date=2024-02-17 |title=Some Authors Were Left Out of Awards Held in China. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/books/booksupdate/hugo-awards-china.html#:~:text=The%20Hugo%20Awards%2C%20a%20major,China%20or%20the%20Chinese%20government. |url-status=live |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=February 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217153206/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/books/booksupdate/hugo-awards-china.html#:~:text=The%20Hugo%20Awards%2C%20a%20major,China%20or%20the%20Chinese%20government. |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2021, Kuang announced that her fifth novel, ''[[Yellowface (novel)|Yellowface]]'', would be published in 2023.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=kuangrf|number=1449174538009337865|title=hiii. i wrote another book. 2023.|author=Rebecca F. Kuang|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513152330/https://twitter.com/kuangrf/status/1449174538009337865|archive-date=May 13, 2022|language=en}}</ref> Publisher [[William Morrow and Company]] stated in a press release that ''Yellowface'' follows "a white author who steals an unpublished manuscript, written by a more successful Asian American novelist who died in a freak accident, and publishes it as her own".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Deahl|first=Rachel|title=Book Deals: Week of October 18, 2021|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/87626-book-deals-week-of-october-18-2021.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206151834/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/87626-book-deals-week-of-october-18-2021.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The title of the novel, ''Yellowface,'' refers to the film industry practice of [[Portrayal of East Asians in American film and theater|yellowface]], in which white actors are used to portray Asian characters, analogously to [[blackface]], in which white actors use makeup to portray black or African characters. This book is Kuang's first foray into the [[literary fiction]] genre. Writing in the "Acknowledgement" section of the book, Kuang considers her book a "horror story about loneliness in a fiercely competitive industry."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.cardiffreview.com/review/racism-scandal-and-the-rat-race-of-publishing-yellowface-by-r-f-kuang/ |title=Racism, scandal, and the rat race of publishing: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang |first=Vartika |last=Rastogi |date=May 29, 2023 |magazine=The Cardiff Review |access-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531001458/https://www.cardiffreview.com/review/racism-scandal-and-the-rat-race-of-publishing-yellowface-by-r-f-kuang/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the last week of May 2023, ''Yellowface'' debuted at the eighth spot on the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' bestseller list for hardcover fiction.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-05-24/bestsellers-list-sunday-may-28 |title=Bestsellers List Sunday, May 28 |date=May 24, 2023 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530080507/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-05-24/bestsellers-list-sunday-may-28 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the first week of June 2023, ''Yellowface'' debuted at the fifth spot on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for hardcover fiction.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 4, 2023 |title=Hardcover Fiction |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2023/06/04/hardcover-fiction/ |access-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530183114/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2023/06/04/hardcover-fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The reviewer for [[NPR]] called the book "a well-executed, gripping, fast-paced novel about the nuances of the publishing world when an author is desperate enough to do anything for success."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1175725398/r-f-kuang-novel-yellowface-takes-white-privilege-to-a-sinister-level |title='Yellowface' takes white privilege to a sinister level |date=May 15, 2023 |first=Keishel |last=Williams |work=[[NPR]] |access-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912142627/https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1175725398/r-f-kuang-novel-yellowface-takes-white-privilege-to-a-sinister-level |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing for the ''New York Times'', award-winning author [[Amal El-Mohtar]] wrote that the novel is "a breezy and propulsive read, a satirical literary thriller that’sthat's enjoyable and uncomfortable in equal measure."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/books/review/yellowface-rf-kuang.html |title=Her Novel Became a Best Seller. The Trouble: She Didn't Write It. |first=Amal |last=El-Mohtar |author-link=Amal El-Mohtar |date=May 16, 2023 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |access-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322103256/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/books/review/yellowface-rf-kuang.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2023, Kuang reported that while working on her doctoral degree at Yale, she is also working on her sixth novel, a fantasy about two magical PhD students as they travel to Hell "to rescue the soul of their advisers so that they can write their job recommendation letters".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/rebecca-kuang-in-conversation-about-her-first-literary-novel-taking-aim-at-the-publishing-industry |title=Rebecca Kuang in conversation about her first literary novel taking aim at the publishing industry |date=February 24, 2023 |magazine=[[The Bookseller]] |first=Katie |last=Fraser |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602030017/https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/rebecca-kuang-in-conversation-about-her-first-literary-novel-taking-aim-at-the-publishing-industry |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', Kuang calls the project "nonsense literature".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/rebecca-f-kuang-who-has-the-right-to-tell-a-story-its-the-wrong-question-to-ask |title=Rebecca F Kuang: 'Who has the right to tell a story? It's the wrong question to ask' |first=Rebecca |last=Liu |date=May 20, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602030015/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/20/rebecca-f-kuang-who-has-the-right-to-tell-a-story-its-the-wrong-question-to-ask |url-status=live }}</ref> During a November 2023 book promotion tour at the [[Brattle Theatre]] near Harvard University, Kuang describe her writing her upcoming book that "... it started as this cute, silly adventure novel about like, 'Haha, academia is hell.' And then I was writing it and I was like, 'Oh, no, academia is hell.'"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/11/28/r-f-kuang-friendship-anti-colonialism-magic-brattle-theatre-babel/ |title=R. F. Kuang Speaks on Friendship, Anti-Colonialism, and Magic at the Brattle Theatre |first=Millie Mae |last=Healy |newspaper=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-date=January 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114164624/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/11/28/r-f-kuang-friendship-anti-colonialism-magic-brattle-theatre-babel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2023, she also announced that two additional books had been acquired by HarperCollins, a "historical novel and a fantasy," neither of which are ''Katabasis''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuang |first=Rebecca F. |date=2023-04-19 |title=Boston tickets update, plus two new books from me |url=https://rfkuang.substack.com/p/boston-tickets-update-plus-two-new |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=R.F. Kuang |archive-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309160453/https://rfkuang.substack.com/p/boston-tickets-update-plus-two-new |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, [[Barnes & Noble]] included ''[[The Poppy War]]'' on their list of Favorite Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-11-21 |title=B&N Favorite SFF Books of 2018 |url=https://locusmag.com/2018/11/bn-favorite-sff-books-of-2018/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171159/https://locusmag.com/2018/11/bn-favorite-sff-books-of-2018/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2022, ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=November 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124132341/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-science-fiction-and-fantasy-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref>'' and ''[[The Washington Post]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-21 |title=The Washington Post's Best SFF of 2022 |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/11/the-washington-posts-best-sff-of-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171138/https://locusmag.com/2022/11/the-washington-posts-best-sff-of-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> named ''[[Babel, or the Necessity of Violence]]'' one of the best science fiction and fantasy books of the year. [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-11-17 |title=Amazon Best Books of 2022 |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/11/amazon-best-books-of-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171110/https://locusmag.com/2022/11/amazon-best-books-of-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[NPR]],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-11-22 |title=NPR's Best Books of 2022 |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/11/nprs-best-books-of-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126101603/https://locusmag.com/2022/11/nprs-best-books-of-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Barnes & Noble<ref>{{Cite web |last=locusmag |date=2022-10-11 |title=Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year 2022 |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/10/barnes-noble-best-books-of-the-year-2022/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171109/https://locusmag.com/2022/10/barnes-noble-best-books-of-the-year-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> named it one of the best books of the year, regardless of genre.

In 2023, Kuang madeappeared on the [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] Next list.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2023-09-13 |title=2023 TIME100 Next: R.F. Kuang |url=https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2023/6308472/r-f-kuang/ |access-date=2023-11-28 |magazine=Time |language=en |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920151255/https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2023/6308472/r-f-kuang/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-02-20 |title=2018 Nebula Awards Ballot |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/02/2018-nebula-awards-ballot/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207111223/https://locusmag.com/2019/02/2018-nebula-awards-ballot/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=R.F. Kuang |url=https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominees/r-f-kuang/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426182218/https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominees/r-f-kuang/ |archive-date=April 26, 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |publisher=Nebula Awards}}</ref>

|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-07-25 |title=2019 World Fantasy Awards Finalists |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/07/2019-world-fantasy-awards-finalists/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171109/https://locusmag.com/2019/07/2019-world-fantasy-awards-finalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4" />

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|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Ninah |date=2019-01-27 |title=2019 Reading List Winners Announced |url=https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2019/01/2019-reading-list-winners-announced |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[American Library Association]] |language=en |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531172049/https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2019/01/2019-reading-list-winners-announced |url-status=live }}</ref>

|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-07-17 |title=BooktubeSFF Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/07/booktubesff-awards-winners/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=March 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326025634/https://locusmag.com/2019/07/booktubesff-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

|<ref name="Crawford">{{cite news |date=2019-02-01 |title=Kuang Wins Crawford Award |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/02/kuang-wins-crawford-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225042532/https://locusmag.com/2019/02/kuang-wins-crawford-award/ |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |access-date=August 6, 2019 |magazine=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-03-18 |title=IAFA Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/03/iafa-awards-winners/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171117/https://locusmag.com/2019/03/iafa-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

|<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2019-07-23 |title=British Fantasy Awards 2019 |url=https://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/british-fantasy-awards-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128024233/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/british-fantasy-awards-2019/ |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=2022-11-27 |publisher=[[The British Fantasy Society]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-07-23 |title=2019 British Fantasy Awards Shortlist |url=https://locusmag.com/2019/07/2019-british-fantasy-awards-shortlist/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171108/https://locusmag.com/2019/07/2019-british-fantasy-awards-shortlist/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/90789229-babel |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Goodreads]] |archive-date=April 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428213446/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57945316-babel |url-status=live }}</ref>

|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-10-27 |title=Waterstones Book of the Year 2022 Shortlist |url=https://locusmag.com/2022/10/waterstones-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlist/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=[[Locus Online]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127171110/https://locusmag.com/2022/10/waterstones-book-of-the-year-2022-shortlist/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Templeton |first=Molly |date=2023-05-15 |title=Here Are the Winners of the 2022 Nebula Awards! |url=https://www.tor.com/2023/05/15/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-nebula-awards/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Tor.com |language=en-US |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515140116/https://www.tor.com/2023/05/15/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-nebula-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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|<ref>{{cite web | title=2023 Locus Awards Winners | website=Locus Online | date=June 25, 2023 | url=https://locusmag.com/2023/06/2023-locus-awards-winners/ | access-date=June 25, 2023 | archive-date=June 29, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629041745/https://locusmag.com/2023/06/2023-locus-awards-winners/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

|<ref>Kuang, R.F.''Yellowface.'' Narrated by Helen Laser. HarperAudio. [https://rusaupdate.org/2024/01/2024listenlist/ 2024 RUSA Listen List Revealed.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122100647/https://rusaupdate.org/2024/01/2024listenlist/ |date=January 22, 2024 }} American Library Association, January 20, 2024.</ref>

* ''[[Babel, or the Necessity of Violence]]: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’Translators' Revolution'' (August 2022), {{ISBN|978-0063021440}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/babel-r-f-kuang |title=Babel (publisher page) |work=[[HarperCollins]] |access-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211071008/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/babel-r-f-kuang |url-status=live }}</ref>

* ''[[Yellowface (novel)|Yellowface]]'' (May 2023), {{ISBN|978-0063250833}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/yellowface-r-f-kuang |title=Yellowface (publisher page) |work=[[HarperCollins]] |access-date=August 24, 2022 |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928155917/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/yellowface-r-f-kuang |url-status=live }}</ref>

* ''Katabasis'' (August 2025), {{ISBN|978-0063021471}}

* "The Nine Curves River" in the anthology ''The Book of Dragons'' (July 2020); edited by Jonathan Strahan {{ISBN| 978-0062877161}} ([https://chtbl.com/track/288D49/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/f8a65230-80c4-41ca-9222-88e0d11f5866/episodes/9087e6f8-3e2d-4cbb-9377-5f5bab12c020/audio/128/default.mp3 story read by LeVar Burton] via [[LeVar Burton Reads]])

* "How to Talk to Ghosts" in the 21st issue of ''[[Uncanny Magazine]]'' (March 6, 2018)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to-talk-to-ghosts/ |title=How to Talk to Ghosts |magazine=[[Uncanny Magazine]] |issue=21 |date=March 6, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-date=May 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531004709/https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/how-to-talk-to-ghosts/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Kuang was originally scheduled to deliver the 8th annual [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature|J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature]] at [[Pembroke College, Oxford]] in 2020,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tolkienlecture.org/2020/02/29/rebecca-f-kuang-to-deliver-the-2020-tolkien-lecture-at-pembroke/ |title=Rebecca F. Kuang to deliver the Eighth Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke |date=February 29, 2020 |work=[[Pembroke College, Oxford|Pembroke College]] |access-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=September 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929100118/https://tolkienlecture.org/2020/02/29/rebecca-f-kuang-to-deliver-the-2020-tolkien-lecture-at-pembroke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but it was postponed two years due to the world-wide [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. In the interim, she participated in a virtual seminar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/news/digital-tolkien-symposium-attracts-1500-participants |title=Digital Tolkien Symposium attracts 1,500 participants |date=May 26, 2020 |work=[[Pembroke College, Oxford|Pembroke College]] |access-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014141832/https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/news/digital-tolkien-symposium-attracts-1500-participants |url-status=live }}</ref> Kuang delivered the Tolkien Lecture in person on May 23, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-lecture-2022 |title=Tolkien Lecture 2022 |work=[[Pembroke College, Oxford|Pembroke College]] |access-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531062601/https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/tolkien-lecture-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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