Cindy Pon

Cindy Pon is the author ofSilver Phoenix, which was named one of the Top Ten Fantasy and Science Fiction Books for Youth byBooklist, and one of 2009’s Best Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror byVOYA.SerpentineandSacrifice were both Junior Library Guild selections and received starred reviews fromSchool Library JournalandKirkus Reviews, respectively. She also wroteWant, which is a Freeman Book Award Honorable Mention andRuse. She is the cofounder of Diversity in YA with Malinda Lo and on the advisory board of We Need Diverse Books. Cindy is also a Chinese brush painting student of over a decade. Learn more about her books and art at CindyPon.com.