Rin Chupeco

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-25

Rin Chupeco is a Filipino author of young adult fiction, born and raised in Manila, Philippines, of Chinese, Malay, Thai, and Filipino descent. Before becoming a novelist, they worked as a graphic designer. Chupeco has been active as an author since 2012, writing genre fiction that frequently draws on Asian folklore and horror traditions. Their debut novel, The Girl from the Well (2014), follows a vengeful ghost inspired by Japanese horror archetypes and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. They are best known for The Bone Witch trilogy (2017–2019), following a girl who can raise the dead, which earned starred reviews from Shelf Awareness, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Foreword Reviews across its installments. Chupeco also wrote The Never Tilting World duology (2019–2020) and the adult science fiction and fantasy series Silver Under Nightfall (2022–2024), marking a shift toward adult-oriented speculative fiction. Chupeco identifies as non-binary, using they/them pronouns, and is pansexual and a liberal atheist; they are married with two children and continue to live in Manila. Their body of work is distinguished by its incorporation of Southeast and East Asian mythology and horror sensibilities into mainstream Western young adult and adult fantasy genres.

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Books

• The Bone Witch (2017) · The Bone Witch Core Canon
• The Heart Forger (2018) · The Bone Witch Core Canon
• The Shadowglass (2019) · The Bone Witch Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 3 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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