Books and Boba

Books & Boba is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, YA, nonfiction, thrillers, graphic novels, and memoirs.

#101 – Author Chat with Christina Soontornvat

On this episode we chat with author Christina Soontornvat about her latest middle grade novel A Wish in the Dark, a tale taking place in Thai-inspired fantasy world loosely inspired bt Les Miserables. We chat with Christina about her inspirations for writing the book as well as how she became a writer after a career as a science educator.

Follow Christina at @soontornvat and pick up A Wish in the Dark at your favorite bookseller!

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The Books & Boba May 2020 pick is The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

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