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Cynthia So was born in Hong Kong and lives in London. Their work has been published in speculative fiction magazines such as Uncanny, Strange Horizons, and Anathema. They are also one of the new voices in Proud, an anthology of LGBTQ+ YA stories, poems, and art by LGBTQ+ creators, published by Stripes in March 2019. When they’re not writing, they can often be found at the theatre, entranced by a play or a musical. They’re also extremely enthusiastic about board games and tabletop role-playing.

Their debut YA novel, If You Still Recognise Me, is out on 9 June 2022.

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	Proud by Juno Dawson (Editor), Dean Atta (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Fox Benwell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.26 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If You Still Recognise Me 4.18 avg rating — 1,602 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uncanny Magazine Issue 23: July/August 2018 by Lynne M. Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Damian Thomas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam J. Miller (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 2020 Rhysling Anthology by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Editor), Nisa Malli (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), P.S. Cottier (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anathema Issue 3 - December 2017 by Michael Matheson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joyce Chng, Mimi Mondal (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Maybe it's the gay friends I have but they're all like... Sex! Exclamation mark exclamation mark! Which is extremely wonderful for them - I'm not saying they should be any other way - but. They're good at casual sex. I can't even imagine having it. I don't think any of my friends could put up with dating a guy who doesn't want to have sex. It's hard enough feeling like you're an outsider with most people because you're gay! And so you have to work harder to find your people. But you do it, you meet other gay guys, you manage to become friends with some of them, and then it still turns out you don't fit in. You're still different. What do you do then?”
― Cynthia So, If You Still Recognise Me

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“I didn't truly believe it back then. That I deserved to be seen. I do now, though. I do. And being seen requires being open about myself.
Joan looks at me, soft, patient.

I want to be seen.”
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“maybe loving someone shouldn't feel like missing them. like you're constantly reaching for something that isn't close enough.”
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