Workshop and Q&A with Eric Huang

As a boy Eric Huang loved dinosaurs. When he went to university, he studied palaeontology. Field work didn’t live up to his Jurassic Park dreams, though, so he spent a year doing odd jobs before becoming a secretary to the Creative Director at Disney Publishing Worldwide. The temp job turned into a career in publishing spanning three decades and three continents! 

Today Eric is an author, podcaster, and Deputy Programme Director for the Masters in Publishing programme at City St George’s, University of London. He lives in London with his partner Brian and their cat McNulty.

The Jade emperor sighs on his throne, bored with the predictability of the world he has created. He longs for excitement. Then he spots Miaow the cat chasing a rat and an idea strikes him: he should arrange a great race between all the animals on Earth! The prize? The 12 fastest shall each have a lunar year named in their honour.

Miaow cannot resist the lure of this quest. As he begins his journey, he meets the fiery and impulsive Ming, a nine-tailed, elemental fox who can transform into a human girl. Ming and Miaow form a close friendship and together they battle to stay in the race as they journey across a magical landscape.