R. F. Kuang is proof that over-education in the humanities can be just as lucrative as business school. Before she was a #1 New York Times best-seller—twice!—Kuang was awarded two advanced degrees in Chinese studies; she is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in East Asian languages at Yale. Her new novel, Katabasis, promises to be Hadestown meets The Secret History: two graduate students obsessed with academia must put aside their differences to rescue their professor from Hell. To celebrate the release of the novel, her seventh, Kuang will be part of an exclusive event at London’s Emmanuel Center, where she’ll talk about the book and sign copies. —Hannah Gross