Her first novel , '' Ash '' , was published by Little , Brown Books for Young Readers in 2009 . '' Ash '' was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award , the Andre Norton Award for YA Fantasy and Science Fiction , the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award , and the Lambda Literary Award . Her second book , '' Huntress '' , was published by Little , Brown in 2011 . It is set in the same fantasy world as '' Ash '' , which mixes Asian and European influences . Her third book , '' Adaptation '' , was published in 2012 . Reviewers at Booklist , Kirkus Reviews and elsewhere have compared it favorably to the television program '' The X-Files '' . '' The X-Files '' was also the subject of Lo 's graduate research at Stanford . A sequel to '' Adaptation '' , titled '' Inheritance '' , was published in 2013
William C. Morris Award
William C. Morris Award
Malinda Lo