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Lilian Li

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in Penang, Malaysia

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Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

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Lilian Li is a Malaysian indie author who accidentally fell into the publishing scene during university. She is an island girl from Penang and grew up in a bookstore (literally), where she writes the stories she wished she had growing up.

She unpublished her first novel but hopes to republish one day. Her novels have hit bestselling lists, and her second book won 3rd at The Star Popular Reader's Choice Awards.

She enjoys listening to audiobooks while baking, and her spirit animal is the Milo Dinosaur. You can follow her book recs and rants at @lilianofli on social media. ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 921 ratings · 288 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Duet Me Not 3.97 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	House of Koi 3.73 avg rating — 329 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

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Lilian Li made a comment on katie :)’s review of Duet Me Not " hi I don’t normally pop in but wanted to let more people know there’s a bonus epilogue on my substack that wraps everything up "
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Lilian Li answered a question about Duet Me Not: are there any explicit scenes? what wud be the age rating? No explicit scenes at all, it's a young adult book, so it can be suitable for ages 13 and up.
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“Her crown of white hair seemed to stand like a halo around her in the night sky.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: chinese-new-year, family-love, grandmother, grandmother-and-granddaughter, grandmother-quotes, malaysia

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“But she looked powerful. She wore the sun like a shiny pin on the side of her hair.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: asian-literature, empowering-girls, empowering-women, family, family-loss, family-love, malaysia, sisterhood, young-adult, young-adult-fiction

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“Love was dancing in the water. Love was having a slushie contest and making sand art for each other. Love was seeing her cry and wiping her tears and fears away.

Love took the shape of June. Not a feeling, not a high, not a phase—but a person. A home.”
― Lilian Li, Duet Me Not

tags: malaysian-fiction, sports-romance, young-adult-romance-fiction

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“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“She was the golden koi fish. Or rather, it represented her.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: high-school-sweethearts, identity-crisis, malaysia

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“I can be your practice makes perfect.”
― Lilian Li, Duet Me Not

tags: sports-romance, young-adult-romance-fiction

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“The line of the unmarried grew shorter every Chinese New Year.”
― Lilian Li, House of Koi

tags: asian-literature, chinese-new-year, family, family-relationships, malaysia, ownvoices

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“Just a few days ago, I thought I had enough of him. Marked him as did-not-finish. But now I feel every part of him will remain to-be-read.”
― Kelsey Rodkey, Last Chance Books

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