John Chu
John Chu (Chinese: 朱中宜) is an American microprocessor architect, science fiction writer and literary translator.
Chu, John | |
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 Chu at ConFusion in 2017 | |
| Occupation | Author, Engineer |
| Notable works | The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere (2013) |
| Notable awards | Hugo |
| Website | |
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Life and career
Chu was born in Taiwan, moved to the US and began learning English at age six. He read voraciously as a child and was inspired to write science fiction by the works of Ted Chiang. He has attended the Viable Paradise and Clarion science fiction & fantasy writing workshops.[1]
In 2014 Chu won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story with the story The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere.[2] Chu also reads for podcasts and translates novels and stories from Chinese into English.
Bibliography
Short fiction
| Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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| "Best of All Possible Worlds" | 2013 | Chu, John (February 2013). "Best of All Possible Worlds". Asimov's Science Fiction. Vol. 37 no. 2. pp. 70–74. | ||
| "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" | 2013 | Chu, John (February 20, 2013). "The Water that Falls On You From Nowhere". Tor.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23. | Berman, Steve, ed. (2014). Wilde stories 2014: the year's best gay speculative fiction. Lethe Press. | Winner 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story[2] |
References
- Stanish, Deborah, Interview: John Chu, retrieved 16 October 2015
- "2014 Hugo Awards". Retrieved 8 September 2014.
External links
- John Chu's bibliography. Many of his stories are available free online.
- "John Chu", Tor.com, September 2014
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