Janie Chang is a Canadian bestselling author of historical fiction. She has a degree in Computing Science but escaped from the high tech industry to become an author. Inspired by family stories and tales of ancestors who encountered dragons, ghosts, and immortals, her novels include: THE PORCELAIN MOON, THE LIBRARY OF LEGENDS, DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD, THREE SOULS, and THE PHOENIX CROWN (co-authored with Kate Quinn). Her novels feature people or incidents that have been ignored by history. The Toronto Star calls her “One of the most original voices in Canadian historical fiction.”
THREE SOULS, was a finalist for the 2014 BC Book Prizes Fiction Award; DRAGON SPRINGS ROAD, was a Globe and Mail national bestseller. Both were nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award. Both THE LIBRARY OF LEGENDS and THE PORCELAIN MOON were Globe and Mail bestsellers; THE LIBRARY OF LEGENDS was also a Book of the Month Club selection and nominated for the Evergreen Award. From 2015 – 2017 Janie was the founder and organizer of Authors for Indies, a day of support by authors to celebrate Canada’s independent bookstores; this has transitioned into Canadian Independent Bookstore Day, run by the Canadian Independent Bookstore Association.
Born in Taiwan, Janie has lived in the Philippines, Iran, Thailand, New Zealand, and Canada. She now makes her home on the beautiful Sunshine Coast of British Columbia with her husband and Minnie, a rescue cat who thinks the staff could do a better job.