Chloe Gong staked her claim on the YA literary scene at the age of 19 with the runaway success of These Violent Delights, inspired by Romeo and Juliet. With Immortal Longings, she brings her signature blend of East Asian fantasy and tortured romance to an adult audience, putting a fresh and exhilarating spin on another classic Shakespearean tragedy, Antony and Cleopatra.

Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Secret Shanghai novels, as well as the Flesh and False Gods trilogy. Her books have been published in over twenty countries and featured in the New York Times, Financial Times, the Guardian, PEOPLE and more. She is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she double-majored in English and International Relations. Born in Shanghai and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, she now lives in New York City.

“With queens and dragon riders, this ‘feminist Lord of the Rings’ has been touted inevitably, as the new Game of Thrones” Sunday Times