Yoon Ha Lee is a Korean-American fantasy writer best known for her The Machineries of Empire series of books. In addition to writing these books, Yoon is also an in demand short story writer who has earned numerous accolades and been published in many publications.
Yoon graduated with a B.A. in math from Cornell University and later received an M.A. in math education from Stanford University. Yoon draws inspiration from a variety of sources for the material in her books, including ideas from Korean history and mythology, fairy tales, higher mathematics, classic moral dilemmas, and genre fiction. Lee’s accolades include the 2016 Locus Award and nominations for Nebula and Hugo awards.
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Publication Order of Machineries Of Empire Books
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Publication Order of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror Books
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 Edition | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2013 Edition | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2015 Edition | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2016 Edition | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2017 Edition | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2018 Edition | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2019 Edition | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 1 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 2 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, Volume 3 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 4 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Volume 5 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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| In Lands That Never Were | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2005 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Jabberwocky 2 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best New Fantasy | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Abyss & Apex Volume One | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year One | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Realms 2 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2011 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Top Ten Tales of Science Fiction 3 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lightspeed: Year One | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2011 edition | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ceaseless Steam | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror, 2012 Edition | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Aliens: Recent Encounters | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Clarkesworld: Year Five | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Upgraded | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mythic Delirium | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 Edition | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Operation Arcana | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Warrior Women | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| An Alphabet of Embers | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Seven | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Galactic Empires | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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Ninefox Gambit is the first book in The Machineries of Empire series. This book sees Capt Kel Cheris taking over Kel Command and looking for some redemption. Her unconventional tactics have earned her disgrace in the past and taking back the Fortress of Scattered Needles from the heretics is her shot at redemption. It’s also really important as the fortress may be the last thing keeping the hexarchate from being taken over. Cheris aligns with the undead tactician Shuos Jedao, undefeated in battle, to win this one – a move that may come back to haunt her.
Yoon also wrote Dragon Pearl under the Rick Riordan Presents banner. This book can best defined as a space opera about a 13-year old named Min who comes from a long line of fox spirits. However, her mother insists that she never use her fox-magic and appear human at all times, for the family’s own safety. When word comes down that her brother Jin has left his post in the Space Forces to pursue the Dragon Pearl, Min knows that something is wrong and that he needs her help.
