“Janie Chang has twice been a presenter at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (2017, 2023) and I can attest she is a dynamic storyteller and speaker, someone who enthralls her audiences from start to finish. Her recent talk on her fourth book, The Porcelain Moon, was an audience favourite and a highlight of our 2023 festival. As attendees left the building after her event, a commonly heard refrain was “that was one of the best presentations by a novelist I’ve ever been to!” — Marisa Alps, Artistic and Executive Director, Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

“Good Morning, Janie: I am writing to let you know how much I enjoyed your lecture which was informative and poignant. I have had many subscribers write to say how much they enjoyed your lecture on The Porcelain Moon.” — Jocelyn Paul, Coordinator of the Literary Lecture Series, The Heliconian Club, Toronto, Ontario

“I’m so grateful to Janie Chang for bringing to life a side of the Great War — and France! — that one seldom sees: the Chinese laborers who came over to aid the war effort and the members of the Chinese community in Paris who volunteered as translators. Chang creates a fascinating, immersive story of worlds intertwining, a story of friendship, love, found family, and finding one’s own place in a rapidly changing world.” — Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author of Band of Sisters and Two Wars and a Wedding

“An irresistible proposition for a gifted operatic soprano. The double lives of a talented young Chinese woman and her artist lover. A tenacious, globe-trotting female botanist. The legendary crown of an Empress. The devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the ensuing rampant, deadly fire. Brilliant authors Kate Quinn and Janie Chang weave these threads together into seamless, page-turning masterpiece of history and suspense — shot through with women rising up from the margins of society to claim their own singular futures. I could not put this triumphant novel down.” — Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of THE FIRST LADIES and THE MITFORD AFFAIR

“Oh my goodness, I couldn’t put this book down! Heart-pounding, gasp-out-loud storytelling—THE PHOENIX CROWN is the best book I’ve read all year.” — Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling author of THE FIRST LADIES and THE MITFORD AFFAIR