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HomeDepartment of English and Related LiteratureAbout usNews2025Sharon Choe

Former English PhD student has first novel accepted for publication

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Posted on Wednesday 1 October 2025

Congratulations to former English PhD student, Sharon Choe, who has her first novel coming out next year.

Publisher's Weekly has announced that Atheneum Publishers have acquired the Young Adult debut novel by Sharon Choe, The Queen of the Spirit Woods, and a sequel. The novel is pitched as 'The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea meets The Cruel Prince', with publication scheduled for Autumn 2026.