Joan He is a Chinese-American writer. At a young age, she received classical instruction in oil painting before discovering that stories were her favourite kind of art. She studied psychology and Chinese history at the University of Pennsylvania, and now splits her time between Philadelphia and Chicago. She is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Ones We’re Meant to Find, Descendant of the Crane and the Kingdom of Three series, including Strike the Zither and Sound the Gong.

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