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X. Ho Yen, Award-winning Author
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X. Ho Yen, Award-winning Author
About
Lauds
Books
Media
FAQ
Newsletter
Media_Kit
About
Lauds
Books
Media
FAQ
Newsletter
Media_Kit

Lauds

These are all objective lauds from reputable sources.

*Asterisks indicate a purchased professional review with no guarantee of positive results.

  • Minimum Safe Distance (novel, 2022)

    • FINALIST, Colorado Authors League Book Awards 2024

    • FINALIST, The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2023

    • Good Kirkus review with “Get It” verdict*

    • 9/10 Booklife Prize review 2024*

    • 4/5 Clarion rating (2023)*

    • 5/5 from The Wishing Shelf Book Awards (2023)*

    • 5/5 from Readers Favorite (2023)*

    • “There is a lot to like here” mostly positive, numberless review from BlueInk*

    • MSD is carried in Arapahoe Library System, BiblioBoard, and CO State Library Book Club Resource

Pic of X. Ho Yen's novel 'Minimum Safe Distance' showing its laud badges
  • Custodians of the Future (novel, 2023)

    • AWARD RECIPIENT, (Silver level), The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2024, Fiction for Adults category

    • FINALIST, Global Book Awards 2024, Science Fiction - Crime & Mystery category

    • FINALIST, American Writing Awards 2024, Science Fiction category

    • FINALIST, Indies Today Awards 2024 (find it on page 2)

    • 5/5 from The Wishing Shelf Book Awards*

    • 5/5 from Readers Favorite*

    • CotF is carried in Arapahoe Library System, Biblioboard, and CO State Library Book Club Resource

Pic of X. Ho Yen's novel 'Custodians of the Future' showing its laud badges
  • Space Autistic Author’s Puzzling Innerverse (2024, brain tasks book for ages 10-12+)

    • AWARD RECIPIENT, Literary Titan, 07 July 2025, Children’s Books category (on that announcement page see Row 4, Column 2)

    • 5/5 from Literary Titan (read this astoundingly unequivocal review!
      “…hit me like a beam of light from a galaxy I didn’t know I needed to visit…”)

Pic of X. Ho Yen's brain tasks book for tweens "Space Autistic Author's Puzzling Innerverse" showing its laud badge and the adorable sticky note from evaluator Emma A., fifth grader

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