Career
Cho began publishing genre fiction in 2010. Many of those stories were republished in her debut short story collection, Spirits Abroad, originally published by Fixi Novo in 2014. The book won the 2015 Crawford Award in a tie with The Angel of Losses by Stephanie Feldman.
In 2013, she was a finalist for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer.
Cho's debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, was published in 2015 by Ace Books. The book is the first of a series of historical fantasy novels. It won the 2016 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer. It was a finalist for the 2016 Locus Award for Best First Novel. The novel's sequel, The True Queen, was published by Ace Books in 2019. The series was listed as "One of NPR’s 50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past Decade".
Her novelette "If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again", published by the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
Spirits Abroad: Stories, expanded edition, was published in August 2021 by Small Beer Press. The collection contains nine additional stories, including novelettes “The Terracotta Bride” and “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again”. It was a finalist for the 2022 Locus Award. The book was awarded the 2021 Ray Bradbury Prize by the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
