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About Amélie Wen Zhao

Blood Heir is the 2019 young adult fantasy debut novel by Chinese-American author Amélie Wen Zhao. It follows Anastacya Mikhailov, a princess with the magical ability to control blood who searches for her father's killer after being framed for his murder. The novel draws inspiration from the real-world issues of human trafficking and indentured servitude.

Prior to its publication by Delacorte Press, Blood Heir was subject to controversy due to allegations of racial insensitivity and other issues. Zhao subsequently decided to postpone the book's release to make further revisions. The book has been criticized for supposedly insensitive depictions of American slavery, but Zhao has clarified that she drew inspiration from China's history of indentured labor and not from its American counterpart.

Amélie Wen Zhao writes about Magic, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, romantasy, Young adult fiction, fantasy, epic, and Fantasy. Their best-known work is Song of Silver, Flame Like Night.

On FindMyTBR we track 10 books by Amélie Wen Zhao, 10 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including Blood Heir (Blood Heir Trilogy, #1), Crimson Reign (Unabridged), and Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White (Song of the Last Kingdom, #2). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.