<br>After a childhood spent devouring Jin Yong’s wuxia (or martial arts heroes) novels, Alice Poon has, over the years, fed herself a steady diet of modern wuxia/xianxia and historical C-dramas, Chinese history and mythology masterpieces.<br> Since the release of her two historical Chinese novels: <em>The Green Phoenix</em> and <em>Tales of Ming Courtesans,</em> nostalgia for the magical world of wuxia has spurred her desire to write in the Chinese fantasy genre. Her writing has been inspired by the wuxia/xianxia media, Chinese mythology classics and period history. <br>She lives in Vancouver, Canada and wishes to indulge herself in putting her imagination on the page.<br> <br><br><br>