Tania Lan
Romance & Fantasy Writer
About Tania
Tania is a half-Vietnamese, half-Swiss writer based in Canada.
She's struggled to fit between cultures most of her life, a theme often reflected in her writing. Her passion for stories with a healthy dose of romance and witty banter goes back to when she was just a kid; she hopes to make that kid proud with diverse stories that would have helped her fit in. When she isn't writing or troubleshooting erratic computer processes at work, she can be found playing videogames with her kid and husband, taking care of the tomato plants in her garden, or collecting tattoos and books.
She is represented by Laura Crockett at Triada US Literary Agency.
Unpublished work
TURN IT OFF AND ON AGAIN
(contemporary romance)
When her supposed-to-be-picture-perfect boyfriend (now ex) crashes their car into their home, Lara Nguyen needs somewhere to stay, and her only option is her brother's best friend, Sam, who happens to work at the same tech company as her.
He also happens to be the one who broke her heart a decade ago, and as they're forced to work together to save the company from a cyber attack, she finds it's more than the company's system that might be worth a reboot.
OUR GODS WILL ROT
(YA fantasy)
18-year-old Linh secretly sells mushrooms to rich bourgeois in 1870 Génuvie with one goal in mind: earn enough to set an assassin after the woman who tortured her and exploited her magic—and will stop at nothing to capture her again.
When a thief sets her shop on fire, she jumps on the opportunity to infiltrate a matchmaking event at a local temple owned by the only man who can kill her enemy. Even as he reveals himself to be incompetent and infuriatingly charming, he is her only hope to be free of her enemy.
But Linh never thought it wasn’t merely her survival on the line—but also her heart.
THE COST OF SAND
(YA futuristic fantasy about climate change)
People would kill for Allie's magic—her joy grows crops in a scorched world.
When a rebel boy breaks the curse that imprisons her, they must find true joy together to heal the world before she's captured for good this time.
THE COLORS OF CHAOS
(YA second-world contemporary fantasy)
17yo Velicia has a plan:
1- Ace her hex-cleaning internship
2- Become a witch agent
3- Hide her violent magic
Easy.
If only her new boyfriend wasn’t trying to turn her into a bomb to destroy the city that killed his dad.
A SLIVER OF DARK
(adult contemporary fantasy with crossover appeal)
Being half-Asian has its own struggles, but being the half-demon daughter of the Underworld's CEO takes it to a new level. Agatha must choose: her human career and a magic-free life, or a spot at the top of the treacherous Underworld.