Background
Fan was born and raised in Beijing, China.
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Education
She started writing her first novel 3 years later, and completed the manuscript within a year.
Career
Fan"s book became a New York Times Bestseller, and she was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show as one of the world"s smartest kids. She then began writing Sword Quest, a prequel to Swordbird, and published it two years later. Her third book, Sword Mountain was released in July 2012.
Swordbird
Fan"s novel was inspired by her lifelong love for birds.
After awaking from a vivid dream about birds at war while simultaneously wrestling with her feelings about terrorism and September 11, Fan wrote Swordbird as a way to convey her message of peace to the world. At the age of eleven, she sat down at her computer and began writing a manuscript that she finished a year later.
Fan emailed her manuscript to the Chief Executive Officer of HarperCollins, which led to the novel"s 50,000-copy first printing. Sword Quest
In 2008, HarperCollins released Sword Quest, a prequel set 100 years before the time of Swordbird.
Sword Mountain
The third novel in Fan"s series is set to be released in July 2012, by HarperCollins.
Everybird must choose a side as tradition begins to splinter and an ancient book bewitches those with evil intentions.
