How do you combine that consumption speed with such a serious topic as representation and racism in the publishing industry? The story builds on itself really quickly. in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale). She became a Number One New York Times bestselling author while studying history at Georgetown University (she followed that with master’s degrees at Cambridge and Oxford, and is currently completing the Ph.D. Kuang published her first book, 2018’s The Poppy War, at age 19. But when a freak accident kills literary “rising star” (and her nemesis) Athena Liu, June steals her manuscript and ethnicity, eager to have the fame she believes she’s always deserved. Yellowface follows the exploits of jaded novelist June Hayward, a white writer who is failing to thrive at her chosen career.
That is, before the book - and its main character, June - take a nosedive into chaos. Sitting with her editor at a hotel bar in Manhattan’s East Village, the scene ironically mirrors the last bit of normalcy Yellowface begins with. And her new novel, Yellowface, which debuts Tuesday, is on track to be (another) bestseller. She’s on Day One of a monthlong national book tour. She’s just turned in the last paper of the semester for her Ph.D. THERE ARE A FEW obvious reasons for author R.F.
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