Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Manacled” was written by SenLinYu with illustrations by Avendell. (TODAY Illustration / Courtesy Avendell Art) There’s something ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SenLinYu's "Manacled," a fanfic inspired by "Harry Potter," is massively popular right now. In the book, the Order of the Phoenix ...

“I’m a person who prefers to underpromise and then, hopefully, overdeliver,” author SenLinYu tells me on a sunny June afternoon. Seven years ago, when Sen was a stay-at-home parent composing a ...

SenLinYu's debut novel "Alchemised" is officially here, a publishing journey nearly seven years in the making. Like many popular books, "Alchemised" has its roots in fan fiction. But unlike many, the ...

"Harry Potter" fan fiction went mainstream in 2025. In 2023 and 2024, fan fiction about Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger — or Dramione, to their fans — went viral. Stories long beloved by the fic ...

Of the 12.5 million works currently hosted on the fan fiction hub Archive of Our Own, SenLinYu’s Manacled ranks as the second-most-read on the entire site—but you won’t be able to read it there for ...

Editor's Note: "Alchemised" officially hit shelves on Sept. 23, 2025. In this interview, which was originally published on Feb. 26, 2024, SenLinYu unpacked how her debut novel started as the viral ...

"Manacled" is a popular "Harry Potter" fan fiction.Warner Bros. Fan-fiction stories inspired by "Harry Potter" have existed since nearly the moment J.K. Rowling's works hit bookshelves, though few are ...

SenLinYu's "Manacled," a fanfic inspired by "Harry Potter," is massively popular right now. In the book, the Order of the Phoenix has lost the war against Voldemort and Harry Potter is dead. To ...