Leia Ham is an author and artist from Singapore. She moved to the US to attend Art Center College of Design, where she earned a BFA in illustration and now works as a visual development artist in the animation industry. A childhood obsession with magical-girls and magical school stories eventually turned into the beginnings of her debut novel, The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her husband and miniature schnauzer, both of whom she knits sweaters for. You can find her online at www.leiaham.com
Like the best escapes, The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia is both warmly familiar and utterly inventive. Sparkling with alluring magical details, engaging artwork, and a brightly drawn community of characters – it’s the kind of book that makes you want to climb into it and never come out. * Jodi Lynn Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Thirteen Witches trilogy *