Events

Sunyi is currently a finalist for the 2024 Astounding Award, which recognises the work of emerging writers on the SFF scene. She and Scott Drakeford are also finalists in the Hugo Award 'Best Fancast' category, for their production of the Publishing Rodeo podcast. 

Downloadable Press Release available here

Sunyi Dean (sun-yee deen) is a multi-award losing author who was born in Texas, grew up in Hong Kong, and now resides in North England. She writes speculative fiction with a weird slant and her debut novel, THE BOOK EATERS, was an instant #2 Sunday Times Bestseller. 

In her spare time, she likes buying whisky, collecting dumbbells, and dying in jiu-jitsu. She also cohosts the Hugo-nominated Publishing Rodeo Podcast with Scott Drakeford. 

Sunyi Dean (sun-yee deen) is a multi-award losing author who was born in rural Texas, grew up in Hong Kong, and now resides in North England. Her high school was built next to Kowloon Walled City, which has long since been replaced by a public park. 

Sunyi writes cross-genre speculative fiction with a weird slant, and her debut novel, THE BOOK EATERS, was an instant #2 Sunday Times Bestseller.  She has forthcoming novels slated for 2025 and 2026. Some of her short fiction has appeared in places like Interzone, Grimdark Magazine, BBC Radio Leeds, and Tor Dot Com. 

In her spare time, she likes buying whisky, collecting dumbbells, and dying in jiu-jitsu. Outside of actual writing, she is perhaps best known for founding and cohosting the Publishing Rodeo Podcast with fellow Tor author, Scott Drakeford, in which they talk frankly about the trad pub industry. 

• THE BOOK EATERS, launched Aug 2022
• UNTITLED, launching summer 2025
• UNTITLED, launching fall 2026

• How To Cook And Eat the Rich, available on Tor Dot Com
• The Thief of Memory, available on Tor Dot Com
• The Long Slow Courtship of Mr. Death and Famishista, available at Grimdark Magazine
• This Song Is Dedicated To the End of the World, available through Prole Magazine
• John Kills Jenny, (link coming soon)
• A Possible Serenity, available through Andromeda Magazine
• Deserted Lies the City, available on Interzone Digital