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Lilian Li

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Lilian Li is a Malaysian indie author who accidentally fell into the publishing scene during university. She is an island girl from Penang and grew up in a bookstore (literally), where she writes the stories she wished she had growing up.

She unpublished her first novel but hopes to republish one day. Her novels have hit bestselling lists, and her second book won 3rd at The Star Popular Reader's Choice Awards.

She enjoys listening to audiobooks while baking, and her spirit animal is the Milo Dinosaur. You can follow her book recs and rants at @lilianofli on social media. ...more

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“But she looked powerful. She wore the sun like a shiny pin on the side of her hair.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: asian-literature, empowering-girls, empowering-women, family, family-loss, family-love, malaysia, sisterhood, young-adult, young-adult-fiction

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“Her crown of white hair seemed to stand like a halo around her in the night sky.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: chinese-new-year, family-love, grandmother, grandmother-and-granddaughter, grandmother-quotes, malaysia

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“She had nightmares every night whenever she visited. As if the ghosts of the house greeted her with loving arms.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: family-love, family-relationships, grandmother, malaysia, young-adult

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“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“She was the golden koi fish. Or rather, it represented her.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: high-school-sweethearts, identity-crisis, malaysia

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“I can be your practice makes perfect.”
― Lilian Li, Duet Me Not

tags: sports-romance, young-adult-romance-fiction

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“The line of the unmarried grew shorter every Chinese New Year.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: asian-literature, chinese-new-year, family, family-relationships, malaysia, ownvoices

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“Just a few days ago, I thought I had enough of him. Marked him as did-not-finish. But now I feel every part of him will remain to-be-read.”
― Kelsey Rodkey, Last Chance Books

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