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Short bio #1:​

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Keshe Chow is a #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. She is also a specialist feline veterinarian which means her life basically revolves around books and cats! Currently she lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, two kids, and a Ragdoll cat named Wasabi.​

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Short bio #2:

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Keshe Chow (she/her) is a Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. Her debut novel won the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literature Awards Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript and was shortlisted in the 2025 ABIA awards. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her husband, two kids, one cat, and way too many house plants.

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Short bio #3:

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Keshe Chow (she/her) is a #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy, romance, and speculative fiction. She won the 2020 Perito Prize, the 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction, the 2021 Yarra Literature Prize, the 2022 Victorian Premier's Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript, and the 2023 Uncharted Thrilling Story Award. She has authored two Young Adult fantasy novels and her adult fantasy debut comes out in May 2026.

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Long bio:

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Keshe Chow lives in Naarm (Melbourne) with her husband, two kids, and an ice cream-obsessed cat named Wasabi. She is a qualified veterinarian with a specialty in cats (Feline Medicine, specifically).

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She won the 2020 Perito Prize, the 2021 Yarra Literature Prize, the 2021 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction, the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript, and the 2023 Uncharted Magazine Thrilling Contest. Her debut young adult fantasy novel The Girl With No Reflection was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller and has been shortlisted in the 2025 ABIA awards. Her second YA fantasy, For No Mortal Creature, released in October this year with Penguin Random House, and her debut adult fantasy, Strange Familiars, is due to come out in 2026.

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She is represented by Lauren Spieller of Folio Literary Management.

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