Peng Shepherd is the nationally bestselling author of The Cartographers, The Book of M, and The Future Library.
A graduate of New York University’s MFA program, Peng is the recipient of a 2020 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
She was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where she rode horses and trained in classical ballet, and has lived in Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., New York, and Mexico City.
When not writing, she can be found planning her next trip or haunting local bookstores.
Books in order of publication:
The Book of M – 2018
The Future Library – 2021
The Cartographers – 2022
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