Ken Liu

Ken Liu
Portrait of Ken Liu by Lisa Tang Liu.
Portrait of Ken Liu by Lisa Tang Liu.
Born刘宇昆; Liú Yǔkūn
1976 (age 47–48)
Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Occupation
  • Author
  • Lawyer
  • Programmer
  • Translator
NationalityAmerican
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable works
Notable awards
SpouseLisa Tang Liu[1]
Website
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Ken Liu
Traditional Chinese劉宇昆
Simplified Chinese刘宇昆

Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his novel translations and original short fiction, which has appeared in F&SF, Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and multiple "Year's Best" anthologies.[2]

Liu has also written an epic fantasy novel series, The Dandelion Dynasty, which he describes as silkpunk. The series is published by Simon & Schuster.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference strangehorizons was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy". Clarkesworld Magazine. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  3. ^ "Ken Liu Talks Silkpunk, Old Poems, and Contemporary Chinese SFF in His Reddit AMA". Tor.com. 13 April 2015.

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