The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong is a sweet heart-warming standalone cozy fantasy about found family, friendship and magic. Tao, a fortune teller who strictly avoids predicting major events, wanders Eshtera with her wagon and mule, Laohu. Born in Shinara but raised in Eshtera after her mother’s remarriage, she fled home as a… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong (Narrator: Phyllis Ho)
Author: Julie Leong
Julie Leong is the USA Today and Sunday Times internationally bestselling author of cozy and cozy-adjacent fantasy novels. The daughter of Malaysian Chinese immigrants, she split her childhood across suburban New Jersey and Beijing, China. Her debut novel, The Teller of Small Fortunes, was published in the US/UK in November 2024, with translations forthcoming in German, French, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, Hungarian, and Ukrainian.
Julie graduated from Yale University with degrees in Economics and Political Science. She lives in San Francisco, California with her husband and their spoiled rescue pup, Kaya. When she’s not writing, she enjoys making unnecessary spreadsheets and flambéing things.