About Lianyu's books
- dark. The relationship starts off with an unequal and abusive power dynamic. The love interest may act as the villain for much of the book. The heroine feels constrained by the love interest, and may in fact be subject to physical constraints on her freedom of movement. There may be themes of reluctance.
- lesbian. The main characters identify as women.
- romance. The plot is centered around the developing relationship of the two main characters. It has a happily ever after (HEA) or happy for now (HFN) ending, meaning that the two characters are together by the end of the series (or book, for a standalone novel).
All my books come with content warnings.
About Lianyu
She/her.
I fit in the following author groups:
- lesbian
- Chinese
- Australian
You can also group me with higher-order classifications, like queer authors, sapphic authors, Asian authors, East Asian authors, South-East Asian authors, Oceanic authors, diasporic Asian authors, poc authors, etc.
I am Malaysian Chinese Australian. Specifically, I am Chinese on both sides of my family. I use Malaysian and Australian to indicate migration patterns, in the same way you would say “Asian American” to typically identify a person of Asian descent living in America. I am not multiracial. Please also note there is a difference between being Malay and being Malaysian. I am Malaysian, but I am not Malay.
Sorry, I don’t read unsolicited manuscripts. Try searching for a beta reader, a beta reading group (e.g. on reddit) or joining a local writing group.