Elizabeth Lim

🐠🧵🥜COVER REVEAL! 🥮💞   It is with great delight that I unveil the cover for FISHBONE CINDERELLA! When I was a new and unpublished author, a piece of advice stuck with me: “Write what you want to read.” There are two genres I grew up adoring and they are fantasy and historical fiction – especially multigenerational stories with messy family drama. Well, I’ve done a few of the former and I’d been itching to write a historical novel inspired by my grandmother’s life, but it took years before I felt I had honed my craft well enough to do the story justice. Now, Fishbone Cinderella is finally here, and I could not be happier or prouder of what it achieves. While the contents are yet to be uncovered by you, dear readers, I hope you will agree that the cover is gorgeous!! 🎨My deepest thanks to Lilitt Wang @lilittwang , the brilliant artist, for envisioning then rendering the perfect face for my book. I’d been hoping for a cover that was both enchanting yet also heartfelt, and as you can see, she nailed it. I must also thank Regina Flath @reginaflath , our art director and jacket designer, for her keen eye and tremendous framing for FISHBONE CINDERELLA! 📚Thank you to my editor, @tnarwani , and to my team at @delreybooks for being supportive of my adult debut from the start. I can’t believe that in a little more than 6 months, this book will be out in the world, and I have them (and my agent Gina) to thank for that. 
 🌟 FISHBONE CINDERELLA is available for preorder, and I would love it if you’d consider reserving a copy in advance. Preorders are immensely helpful for authors, as they create buzz for a book pre-release and signal to bookstores that they ought to stock it! So please go forth and get a copy ☺️ It’s also available for request in @netgalley 💙 Links are in my story and bio I cannot wait to share more about this book with you! 🥰

✨ NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!!✨ I’ve been sitting on this news for nearly a year and am excited to finally share that I have a new book releasing next year, and it’s an adult novel! FISHBONE CINDERELLA is a book I’ve been dreaming about for over a decade. It’s a love letter to my family history as well as to fairytales (if you know me, this should come as no surprise 😅). While this is something different from my past books, expect a rich dash of magic, a multigenerational tale spanning nearly 50 years about mothers and daughters and sisterhood, war, forbidden romance, and leaving behind the life you knew to build a new one. The title is inspired by the Chinese version of Cinderella, where Cinderella doesn’t have a fairy godmother and instead prays to magical fish bones. 🎏 Swipe for a mood board (made last night when I found out the deal was live) and a fun pin of what Google thinks Fishbone Cinderella means (hi Lucifer) 😆 A huge thanks to Tricia @tnarwani for loving this book enough to want to work on it with me. I was nervous about writing in a new genre and for a new audience, and she just completely understood YY’s story, and it’s a dream for me to join the @delreybooks family. Also thank you to Molly and Jo at @hodderscape , and of course to my agent Gina for believing in this story from the beginning, and to Ginger as well! 💗💗💗 Soundtrack is one of my parents’ faves, that I used to play on the piano growing up. L’amour est Bleu 💙

🎉🎉🎉COVER REVEAL!! 🎉🎉🎉 A girl who paints the future, a cursed dragon lord. Bound by love and deception, they will bring down the gods. 🌊🐉❤️🧜🏽‍♀️🦋🐢🎏 I have been waiting months to finally share this breathtaking cover of A FORGERY OF FATE! Here she is in all her glory and elegance with GILDED EDGES!! 😱😱😱🎉🎉😅 Truly, one of my author goals has been to have sparkly effects on my book and this is going to ✨SHINE✨ The dragon will be printed in metallic gold foil, and there will be more special details about this edition that I cannot wait to share 😍 A huge thanks to @mynameistran on our sixth collaboration and to @room39b for this striking and stunning design. And shoutout to my team at @getunderlined !! There are so many beautiful details about this cover, from the red string around Tru’s wrist to the phoenixes on her dress, Tran has nailed the art for yet another one of my girls, and I’m excited for you all to meet her. 🌟 Preorder links are up through @getunderlined (check my stories or my bio or go to bit.ly/AFoF), and keep your receipts! I promise more shiny news in the near future!! 🖌️Here’s the official summary: A romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast, about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods. Truyan Saigas didn’t choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost at sea, it’s up to her to support her mother and two younger sisters. A gifted art forger, Tru has the unique ability to paint the future, but even such magic is not enough to put her family back together again, or stave off the gangsters demanding payment in blood for her mother’s gambling debts. Left with few options, Tru agrees to a marriage contract with a mysterious dragon lord. He offers a fresh start for her mother and sisters and elusive answers about her father’s disappearance, but in exchange, she must join him in his desolate undersea palace. And she must assist him in a plot to infiltrate the tyrannical Dragon King’s inner circle, painting a future so treasonous, it could upend both the mortal and immortal realms. . . . #AForgeryofFate #coverreveal

Join us in conversation with @elimpix to discuss A Forgery of Fate, a breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future, a cursed dragon lord, and a plot to bring down the gods. Join this online author talk on Wednesday, May 20th! Find your library on our members page (at the link in bio) to see which series they offer to your community. Can't find your library there? Reach out to your local library staff and ask if they've considered offering Online Author Talks through the Library Speakers Consortium!​ #Online #Authortalk #ElizabethLim #AForgeryofFate

My grandmother’s been telling me stories about her life ever since I can remember. They used to just go in one ear and out the other, but as I grew older I realized how lucky I was to have an elder who wanted to share what she’d been through. So I began to record her, and eventually those stories inspired my book, FISHBONE CINDERELLA. Fishbone Cinderella is multigenerational saga about mothers and daughters, the burdens they shoulder and the secrets they keep. There’s war and love and loss and a shimmer of fairytale woven throughout, inspired by the Chinese version of Cinderella, and I cannot wait for you to read it. To learn more, check out the link in bio. What’s been special about this journey is getting to connect with my family and hear from readers inspired to hear their own family stories. Because what isn’t written down will be lost. Call your mom, your grandma, or a friend and listen 💗 #fishbonecinderella #historicalfiction #fairytale

Join bestselling author @elimpix as she shares the inspiration behind her debut adult novel, FISHBONE CINDERELLA, a multigenerational saga about a mother’s unconditional love, a daughter’s determination, and the magic held within the family stories we pass down. ✨⁣ ⁣ FISHBONE CINDERELLA hits shelves July 28 and is available for preorder now!

Review for "A Forgery of Fate" by @elimpix 5⭐'s for this beautiful standalone YA fantasy-romance! I chose this song because much like Elang and Truyan: this song is a really nice blend of piano and strings. I'm so glad I bought the stunning @owlcrate edition! Owlcrate has been KILLING it with these stunners! This book features: - a tale loosely based off of Beauty and the Beast - a marriage contract - fated mates - immersive world building - unique magic and powers - a strong and cunning FMC - East Asian influence, culture, cuisine Read this if you like books like: - The Poet Empress - Divine Rivals - One Dark Window Similar Authors: - Shen Tao - ML Wang - Rebecca Ross - Rachel Gillig This book is perfect for AAPI month and I hope you all pick it up and enjoy! @elimpix has another book coming out in July - Fishbone Cinderella, and I'm looking forward to reading it! While I'm waiting, I'm also going to read Six Crimson Cranes this month! (P.s. despite having the same last name there is no relation and this is not a biased or sponsored review)

Don’t mind me, just stamping my book like it’s a passport 🌍 Fishbone Cinderella is less than three months from release! I can’t believe it. I have so much exciting news to share, including some beautiful preorder incentives 😍 On that topic, I’ll be stamping and personalizing all pre0rders from @strandbookstore with this gorgeous art of my main character, Yut Ying, on a bicycle. Fishbone Cinderella is a multigenerational saga about mothers and daughters, war and immigration, love and loss, with a shimmer of magic and fairytale. Much thanks to @suminmii for the art! ❤️

I’ve been waiting to share this amazing Sweepstakes opportunity with @barnesandnoble ! The prizes are very cool and on theme for Fishbone Cinderella 🥳 Preorder Fishbone Cinderella through B&N to automatically be entered into the sweepstakes! If you’ve already preordered, you’re automatically entered ☺️ The winner will receive: 🌟 GreenPan™ Better Blend Soy, Nut & Oat Milk Maker 🐟 Koi Fish Stackable Cups ❤️signed/stamped copy of Fishbone Cinderella 🖊️ $50 Papier gift card 📚 $100 Barnes & Noble gift card! The sweepstakes ends July 27th, 2026 Fishbone Cinderella is about a girl who finds out she can turn invisible when her hometown is invaded during WWII. It’s a multigenerational family saga about mothers and daughters, the burdens they shoulder and secrets they keep, and weaves love, war, immigration, and loss with a shimmer of magic and fairytale 💗

💙OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK 💙 A Forgery of Fate is a breathtaking romantic fantasy inspired by Beauty and the Beast about a girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception in a plot to bring down the gods. From Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lim, and available now in paperback!

I bought this duology back in 2019-20, and somehow… it never really left me. Picking it up again now felt like opening a piece of my past. Reading Spin the Dawn again reminded me why I fell in love with it in the first place - the magic, the stitching, Maia’s quiet strength. But this time, it hit differently. Maybe because I’ve changed, or maybe because the story always had this depth and I just see it more now. And Unravel the Dusk… it still hurts, in the most beautiful way. The emotions feel heavier on a reread, like you already know what’s coming but it doesn’t make it any easier. There’s something so comforting about coming back to a story that once meant so much to you. It’s like nothing has changed, and yet everything has. This series will always feel like moonlight, silk, and a little bit of nostalgia for me. #booksbooksbooks #bookstagrammer #fyp #spinthedawn #bookrecommendations

Happy paperback release day to A Forgery of Fate!! This book still remains my favorite fun fantasy that I’ve written, and some lines still make me laugh. Oh Tru…💙🐳 Thank you so much to my team at @knopfyoungreaders for publishing this stunning portable new edition. It still has the gorgeous gold foiling!! And thank @mynameistran for the alluring cover and @virginiaallyn for the beautiful map inside! If you’ve been waiting for the paperback edition, buy links are in my stories! Fortune finds those who leap! 💙💙💙