I’m really enjoying the launch of All That We See Or Seem. The Boston Book Festival was a highlight—talking with Tochi Onyebuchi and Michelle Min Sterling about the future felt exhilarating. I also loved meeting students at the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association to discuss writing, AI, and how to get paid for doing what you love. Online sessions with Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum and The Augmentation Lab sparked equally stimulating conversations, with more podcasts and interviews coming soon.

It’s been my best publishing experience since the launch of The Grace of Kings more than ten years ago. Thank you to everyone—booksellers, librarians, volunteers, students, fellow authors, publicity staff, and above all, you, the readers—who’ve made this such a special time.

If you haven’t been able to make it to an event and want a signed copy, I have good news: while stock lasts, you can get signed copies of All That We See Or Seem from the Harvard Book Store and the MIT Press Bookstore. If you order online, just leave a note in the order form requesting a signed copy; they’ll let you know if stock runs out. I’m deeply grateful to both stores for their years of support.

The manuscript for the second Julia Z book (scheduled for early 2027) is already in, and I’m starting to brainstorm the third. Work is also underway on my next short-fiction collection, The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories (scheduled for 2026), and I’ll have more news soon.

As always, thank you for reading and for being part of this journey.