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Avery Simmons Chen

I am currently seeking an agent for my debut novel, The Wounded Planet. Subscribe to my newsletter to get monthly updates on the epic adventure that is writing, re-writing, and publishing a fantasy novel!

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About The Wounded Planet

Think C.S. Lewis x Ursula K. LeGuin, with a dash of Brandon Sanderson.

In The Wounded Planet, an alien from a species that can’t heal crash-lands in futuristic Mongolia. He falls in love with Earth, its people, and even its mysterious Living God — but when he uncovers a plot by his own species to conquer and corrupt Earth for the Goddess Who Wounds, he must choose between two very different worlds and gods.

About Avery

Where We’re Headed

Avery has wanted to be an author ever since she picked up Harry Potter at age 7.

Since then, she’s won…

  • Scholastic Gold Key Award (Sci-Fi)
  • 5+ Honorable Mentions, L. Ron Hubbard “Writers of the Future” contests
  • 2024 Aurora Award Runner-Up, The Wounded Planet
  • Is the author of an Avatar: The Last Airbender fanfiction that was so wildly popular online, it was actually translated into Russian. Not by a bot. She thinks. 95% sure.

Her goal is for The Wounded Planet to be published by Tor, Orbit Books, or Harper Voyager.

By day, she is the Director of Marketing at a nationwide marketing agency.

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