Yangsze Choo discusses her third novel The Fox Wife, an intertwining tale combining Chinese and Malaysian myths of shapeshifting foxes with the crumbling Qing dynasty. The author, who is well known for her previous novels The Ghost Bride and The Night Tiger, describes her writing process and the years it took to create the Fox Wife. With charismatic good humor, Choo details her deep knowledge of all things fox-related as well as her love of cooking and gardening, which hold heavy influence on her life and work. The author dives into the genre of magical realism, and why humans of our time are so attached to bringing the mythical into our reality. She outlines the influences of her Chinese upbringing and the superstitions and beliefs that impact her genre of choice.