Phong Nguyen is the author of three novels – Bronze Drum: A Novel of Sisters and War (Grand Central Publishing), Roundabout: An Improvisational Fiction (Moon City Press), and The Adventures of Joe Harper (Outpost19) – and the short fiction collections Pages from the Textbook of Alternate History (Mastodon Publishing) and Memory Sickness and Other Stories (Elixir Press). Based on a true story set in ancient Vietnam, Bronze Drum tells the story of two warrior sisters, daughters of a Vietnamese lord in the Au Lac region. They train, study, and try to stay true to Vietnamese traditions. Trung Trac is disciplined, wise, and excellent in her duties. Trung Nhi is fierce and free-spirited, more concerned with spending time in the gardens and with lovers. Living under the oppressive rule of the Han Chinese, they are forced to adopt Confucian teachings, secure marriages, and pay ever-increasing taxes – and the country is coming to the edge of war. When Trung Trac and Trung Nhi’s father is executed, their world comes crashing down and they unite the women of Vietnam into an army and raise against the Han regime. As the champions of women and Vietnam, the sisters usher in a period of freedom and independence.