Biography
Nancy Yi Fan was born in 1993 and was raised in Beijing, China. At the age of 7, she moved with her parents to the United States. She is best known for writing her novel ''Swordbird'' at age 12. She enjoys doing martial arts and taking care of her three birds. She currently lives in Florida with her family.
''Swordbird''
Fan began her book when she was ten and had lived in the United States for only three short years. When she finished the manuscripts at age 12, she was able to find a publisher willing to print her adventurous novel with a 50,000-copy first printing. Birds, a lifelong passion of the author's, provided the inspiration for ''Swordbird''. After awaking from a vivid dream about birds at war while simultaneously wrestling with her feelings about terrorism and September 11, Nancy wrote ''Swordbird'' as a way to convey her message of peace to the world.
''Swordbird'' is a tale of how the once-peaceful blue jays and cardinals of Stone-Run Forest have been turned against each other.
''Sword Quest''
Fan later wrote a prequel to ''Swordbird'', tentatively called ''Sword Quest''. It is set 100 years before the time of ''Swordbird'' and tells how Wind-Voice became Swordbird, a giant dove-like bird of peace with magical powers.
HarperCollins has signed Fan to write ''Sword Quest''. This book was released in hardcover on January 22, 2008.
"There will be more books than even these, though. I am sure that there will be more books as time goes on and more ideas pop into my head," says Fan. "I believe that the forest world has a river of stories that flow without ending."
During her book tour, she also announced that a next book would be called ''Sword Mountain''.
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