Kuang Katabasis fantasy literary novel.

R.F. Kuang, at 29, is making waves in the literary world with several novels to her name. She’s the author of “Yellowface” and the bestseller “Katabasis.” Kuang has a deal with HarperCollins for four more books. These include two fantasy novels for Harper Voyager and two literary novels for William Morrow. She already has a literary novel, “Taipei Story,” in the works for next year. Kuang is also a Ph.D student at Yale University. Her other works include “The Poppy War,” “The Dragon Republic,” and “Babel, or the Necessity of Violence.”