Sister Snake

“Brilliant…the author seamlessly integrates centuries of Chinese culture and history with shrewd social commentary on class, gender, and race. This propulsive story astonishes.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)”[A] cosmpolitan, thrilling tale…This riveting, fast-paced novel, with its seamless balance of fantasy and realism, explores contemporary issues through an otherworldly lens.” - Booklist“This was a wild ride and I loved every second of it.” - Jami Attenberg, author of A Reason to See You Again and The Middlesteins“Slick, shrewd, and brimming with suspense, Sister Snake explores the unspeakable cost of staying true to who you are in a world built on lies. Amanda Lee Koe delivers a thrilling, action-packed fable made for these topsy-turvy times.” - Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Counterfeit“Amanda Lee Koe has written a wild, sexy steroidal burst of a novel. A freewheeling retelling of an ancient Chinese legend, Sister Snake is an inquiry into self-reinvention, escaping one’s destiny, belonging and all that makes us human–or not.” - Tash Aw, author of We, The Survivors and Five Star Billionaire“Amanda Lee Koe’s tale of serpentine sisterhood will wend its way into your heart. Drawing equally from folklore and current events, this fearless novel entertains and delights. Beneath its beguiling surface, Sister Snake explores fundamental questions: Are our destinies determined by our bodies? What forms can family take? And what, in the end, does it mean to be human?” - Rajesh Parameswaran, author of I Am An Executioner“This suspenseful, fantastical and funny tale draws on themes of identity, belonging, truth and tradition.” - Ms. Magazine

Amanda Lee Koe was born and raised in Singapore and has lived in New York, Beijing, Berlin and Bangkok. Her debut novel, Delayed Rays of a Star (Doubleday, 2019) was named a Most Anticipated Title by ELLE, Los Angeles Times, Thrillist, and USA Today, and one of NPR’s Best Books of The Year. Amanda has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, PEN America, the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, the National Arts Council of Singapore, and the Fóndation Jan Michalski. She was previously fiction editor of Esquire Singapore.