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Line 6: \| birth_name = {{zh\|c=刘宇昆\|p=Liú Yǔkūn\|labels=no}} \| birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1976}} \| birth_place = [[Lanzhou]], Gansu, China \| occupation = {{flatlist\| * Author * Lawyer * translator * Programmer * programmer * Translator }} \| nationality = American Line 42 ⟶ 43: {{Infobox Chinese\|t=劉宇昆\|s=刘宇昆\|p=Liú Yǔkūn}} '''Ken Liu''' (born 1976) is an American author of [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]]. Liu has won multiple [[Hugo Award\|Hugo]] and [[Nebula Award]]s for his novel translations and original short fiction, which has appeared in ''[[F&SF]]'', ''[[Asimov's]]'', ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact\|Analog]]'', ''[[Lightspeed (magazine)\|Lightspeed]]'', ''[[Clarkesworld]]'', and multiple "Year's Best" anthologies.<ref>{{Cite web\|title = Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasy\|url = http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/awards_and_recognition/\|website = Clarkesworld Magazine\|access-date = 2015-10-11\|language = en}}</ref> Liu has also written an epic fantasy novel series, ''The Dandelion Dynasty'', which he describes as [[silkpunk]]. The series is published by [[Simon & Schuster]].<ref name="tordotcomsummary">{{cite web \|title=Ken Liu Talks Silkpunk, Old Poems, and Contemporary Chinese SFF in His Reddit AMA \|url=https://www.tor.com/2015/04/13/ken-liu-reddit-ama-highlights/ \|website=Tor.com\|date=13 April 2015 }}</ref> Line 83 ⟶ 84: Along with his original work, Liu has translated the works of multiple Chinese authors into English, including [[w: Liu Cixin\|Liu Cixin]], [[w:Hao Jingfang\|Hao Jingfang]], [[w: Chen Qiufan\|Chen Qiufan]], and [[w:Xia Jia\|Xia Jia]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Chinese SF and the art of translation \|url=http://blogs.nature.com/futureconditional/2016/08/20/chinese-sf-and-the-art-of-translation-a-qa-with-ken-liu/ \|website=Nature.com \|access-date=2019-03-15 \|date=2016-08-20 \|first=Colin \|last=Sullivan \|archive-date=2019-07-02 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702084501/http://blogs.nature.com/futureconditional/2016/08/20/chinese-sf-and-the-art-of-translation-a-qa-with-ken-liu/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> His translation of ''[[w: The Three-Body Problem (novel)\|The Three Body Problem]]'' by Liu Cixin helped the book become a best seller to English readers.<ref>{{cite web \|title=How Ken Liu went from engineer to lawyer to SF writer to the foremost translator of Chinese sf into English\| url=https://boingboing.net/2019/12/04/rod-serling-w-chinese-characte.html \|website= boingboing.net \| date=2019-12-04 \|access-date=2019-12-06 \|first=Cory \|last=Doctorow }}</ref> He has also worked as an editor. While editing the anthology ''Invisible Planets'', Ken Liu translated the stories contained within it from Chinese into English.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://electricliterature.com/ken-liu-will-keep-an-open-mind/ \|title=Ken Liu Will Keep an Open Mind \|website=electricliterature.com \|date=2016-11-15 \|access-date=2019-12-06 \|first=Tobias \|last=Carroll }}</ref> Some of Liu's work have been adapted into visual media. His short story "Memories of My Mother" was the basis of ''Beautiful Dreamer'' (2016) by David Gaddie.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4794788/ \|title=Beautiful Dreamer (2016) \|website=[[IMDb]] \|access-date=2019-03-15 }}</ref> His short story "Real Artists" was adapted into the short film ''Real Artists'' (2017) by Cameo Wood.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5648094/ \|title=Real Artists (2017) \|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> His short story "Good Hunting" was adapted into an animated short as part of [[Netflix]]'s ''[[Love, Death & Robots]]'' series (2019).<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://kenliu.name/blog/2019/03/15/good-hunting-and-netlfixs-love-death-robots/ \|title="Good Hunting" and Netflix's Love, Death & Robots \|website=kenliu.name \|date=2019-03-15 \|access-date=2022-11-19 }}</ref> Several of the stories in ''The Hidden Girl and Other Stories'' were adapted for the animated ''[[Pantheon_(TV_series)\|Pantheon]]''.<ref name="kenliu-blog">{{Cite web \|title=The Hidden Girl and Other Stories \|url=https://kenliu.name/blog/book/the-hidden-girl-and-other-stories/ \|access-date=December 28, 2022 \|website=kenliu.name \|archive-date=December 28, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228015148/https://kenliu.name/blog/book/the-hidden-girl-and-other-stories/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> Liu's short story collection ~~“The~~''The Hidden Girl and Other ~~Stories”~~Stories'' (2020) explores ideas such as tradition and progress, the fallibility of memory, and the essence of what it means to be human.<ref name="wbur.org"/> Liu lives with his family near [[Bolton, Massachusetts\|Boston, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=About \|url=https://kenliu.name/about/#more-2 \|access-date=2020-12-07 \|website=kenliu.name }}</ref> Line 113 ⟶ 114: ===Nominated or finalist=== 2020 [[Locus Award for Best Short Story]], finalist, "Thoughts and Prayers"<ref>{{cite web\|website=Tor.com \|title=Announcing the 2020 Locus Awards Finalists \|url=https://www.tor.com/2020/05/29/announcing-the-2020-locus-awards-finalists/#more-589134 \|date=2020-05-29 \|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> 2017 [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]], finalist, "''[[Death's End]]"'' by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu<ref>{{Cite web\|title = 2017 Hugo Awards\|url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2017-hugo-awards/\|website = The Hugo Awards\|date = 31 December 2016\|access-date = 2017-10-11\|language = en}}</ref> 2017 [[World Fantasy Convention\|World Fantasy Award]], nominee, ''The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories'', Best Collection 2015 [[Locus Award]] for Best Novella, finalist, "The Regular"<ref>{{Cite web\|title = Locus Online News » 2015 Locus Awards Finalists\|url = http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/05/2015-locus-awards-finalists/\|website = www.locusmag.com\|date = 4 May 2015\|access-date = 2015-10-11}}</ref> Line 122 ⟶ 123: 2014 [[Locus Award]] for Best Short Story, finalist, "A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel"<ref>{{Cite web\|title = Locus Online News » 2014 Locus Awards Finalists\|url = http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/05/2014-locus-awards-finalists/\|website = www.locusmag.com\|date = 7 May 2014\|access-date = 2015-10-11}}</ref> 2013 [[Locus Award]] for Best Short Story, finalist, "Mono no aware" 2013 [[Nebula Award for Best Novelette]], nominee, "''The Litigation Master and the Monkey King"'' 2013 [[Theodore Sturgeon Award]], finalist, "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" and "Mono no aware" 2012 [[Nebula Award for Best Short Story]], nominee, "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species"<ref>{{Cite web\|title = 2012 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced\|url = https://www.sfwa.org/2013/02/2012-nebula-awards-nominees-announced/\|website = SFWA\|date = 20 February 2013\|access-date = 2015-10-11}}</ref> Line 133 ⟶ 134: == Bibliography == ~~{{Incomplete list\|date=January 2016}}~~ ===Novels=== {{cite book \|url=https://books.disney.com/book/legends-luke-skywalker/ \|title=The Legends of Luke Skywalker \|publisher=Disney LucasFilm Press \|year=2017 \|isbn=978-1-4847-8077-0 \|access-date=2018-09-10 \|archive-date=2020-02-15 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215215122/https://books.disney.com/book/legends-luke-skywalker/ \|url-status=dead }} ;* '''The Dandelion Dynasty''' #{{cite book \|url=https://archive.org/details/graceofkings0000liuk \|title=The Grace of Kings \|publisher=Saga Press \|year=2015 \|isbn=9781481424271 \|url-access=registration }} #{{cite book \|url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Wall-of-Storms/Ken-Liu/The-Dandelion-Dynasty/9781481424301 \|title=The Wall of Storms \|publisher=Saga Press \|year=2016 \|isbn=9781481424301 }} #{{cite book \|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Veiled-Throne/Ken-Liu/The-Dandelion-Dynasty/9781481424332 \|title=The Veiled Throne \|publisher=Saga Press \|year=2021 \|isbn=9781481424332 }} #{{cite book \|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Speaking-Bones/Ken-Liu/The-Dandelion-Dynasty/9781982148973 \|title=Speaking Bones \|publisher=Saga Press \|year=2022 \|isbn=9781982148973 }} #[https://kenliu.name/blog/book/speaking-bones/ Speaking Bones]. Saga Press. June 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet \|user=kyliu99 \|number=1281957354595115010 \|first=Ken \|last=Liu \|title=Part 3 is so long that it has to be divided in two books. So four total. \|date=11 Jul 2020 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711191657/https://twitter.com/kyliu99/status/1281957354595115010 \|archive-date=July 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://kenliu.substack.com/p/dandelion-dynasty-concludes-in-2021\|title = Dandelion Dynasty Concludes in 2021\|date = 14 September 2020}}</ref> === Short fiction === ;====Collections==== {{cite book \|last1=Liu \|first1=Ken \|title=The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories \|date=October 4, 2016 \|publisher=Simon & Schuster \|isbn=978-1481424363 \|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Paper-Menagerie-and-Other-Stories/Ken-Liu/9781481424363}} {{cite book \|last1=Liu \|first1=Ken \|title=The Hidden Girl and Other Stories \|date=February 25, 2020 \|publisher=Simon & Schuster \|isbn=978-1982134037 \|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Hidden-Girl-and-Other-Stories/Ken-Liu/9781797102221}} ;====Anthologies (edited)==== * ''Invisible Planets'', Tor Books, November 2016 * ''Broken Stars'', Tor Books, February 2019 ;====Short stories==== {\|class='wikitable sortable' width='90%' \|- Line 167 ⟶ 166: \|Gossamer \|2003 \|''Writers of the Future, Vol. 19'', 2003; reprinted in Semaphore Magazine, March 1, 2011. \| \| Line 173 ⟶ 172: \|The Algorithms for Love \|2004 \|[http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040712/algorithms.shtml (online)] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102154814/http://strangehorizons.com/2004/20040712/algorithms.shtml \|date=2012-11-02 }}, ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', July 2004; reprinted in Issue #4 of International Speculative Fiction, edited by Roberto Mendes, July 2012;. \| \| Line 211 ⟶ 210: \|''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'', September/October 2010 \|''The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories'' \|Novelette \|▼ \|- \|The Letter Line 301 ⟶ 300: \|''Panverse Three'', edited by Dario Ciriello, September 2011 \|''The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories'' \|Novella \|▼ \|- \|The Last Seed Line 385 ⟶ 384: \|[http://giganotosaurus.org/2012/02/ (online)], GigaNotoSaurus, February 2012 \|''The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories'' \|Novella \|▼ \|- \|Memories of My Mother Line 553 ⟶ 552: \|[http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-perfect-match/ (online)], ''[[Lightspeed Magazine]]'', December 2012 \|''The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories'' \|Novelette \|▼ \|- \|Love Thy Neighbors Line 673 ⟶ 672: \|[http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-litigation-master-and-the-monkey-king/ (online)], ''[[Lightspeed Magazine]]'', August 2013 \|''The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories'' \|Novelette \|▼ \|- \|The Call of the Pancake Factory Line 697 ⟶ 696: \|''Lightspeed'', October 22, 2013 \|''The Hidden Girl and Other Stories'' \|Novelette \|▼ \|- \|Here-and-Now Line 733 ⟶ 732: \|[http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/01/reborn-ken-liu (online)], Tor.com, January 2014 \|''The Hidden Girl and Other Stories'' \|Novelette \| \|- \|What Is Expected of a Wedding Host Line 811 ⟶ 810: \|''Upgraded'', edited by Neil Clarke, September 2014 \|''The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories'' \|Novella \| \|- \|The Ussuri Bear Line 912 ⟶ 911: \|2016 \|''Bridging Infinity'', edited by Jonathan Strahan, November 8, 2016 \|''The Hidden Girl and Other Stories'' \| \| \|- Line 943 ⟶ 942: \|''The Book of Swords'', edited by Gardner Dozois, October 2017 \|''The Hidden Girl and Other Stories'' \|Novelette \| \|- \|Alter Line 961 ⟶ 960: \|''Robots vs. Fairies'', edited by Navah Wolfe and Dominik Parisien, January 2018 \| \|Novelette \| \|- \|Cosmic Spring Line 979 ⟶ 978: \|''MIT Technology Review’s Twelve Tomorrows'', edited by Wade Roush, May 2018 \|''The Hidden Girl and Other Stories'' \|Novelette \| \|- \|The Trustless Line 1,019 ⟶ 1,018: \|How to Build a Dragon at the End of Time \|2020 \|''Sub-Q''~~, interactive fiction~~, February 2020 \| \| \|Interactive fiction \|- \|Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard Line 1,045 ⟶ 1,044: \|''The Book of Dragons'', edited by Jonathan Strahan, July 7, 2020 \| \|Novelette \| \|- \|50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know Line 1,061 ⟶ 1,060: \|Excerpt from Theuth, an Oral History of Work in the Age of Machine-Assisted Cognition \|2021 \|''Philosophy Through Science Fiction Stories'', Bloomsbury Press, edited by Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt, and [[Eric Schwitzgebel]], January 2021. \| \| Line 1,069 ⟶ 1,068: \|Audible Original (February 25, 2021) \| \|Novella \| \|- \|Jaunt \|2021 \|''Make Shift: Dispatches from the Post-Pandemic Future'', edited by Gideon Lichfield, published by MIT Press (part of the ''Twelve Tomorrows'' series), March 2021. \| \| Line 1,122 ⟶ 1,121: \|2023 \|Tor.com, September 13, 2023 ▲\| ▲\| ▲\|- \|Good Stories \|2023 \|''The Digital Aesthete: Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI'', edited by Alex Shvartsman, November 2023. ▲\| ▲\| ▲\|- \|The Ice Wraith \|2023 \|''Mythopoesis for Techno-Living Systems'', edited by Ursula Mayer and Rachel Hill, December 2023. \| \| Line 1,127 ⟶ 1,138: ===Translations=== * "[[Tao Te Ching\|Dao De Jing]]" by [[Laozi]], May 2023 * "Vagabonds" by [[Hao Jingfang]], April 2020 * "Waste Tide" by Chen Qiufan, April 2019 Line 1,151 ⟶ 1,163: * 思维的形状 ("The Shape of Thought and Others"), published by [[Tsinghua University]] Press, November 11, 2014 * 杀敌算法 ("In the Loop and Others"), published by SFW Publishing, March, 2015 * 奇点遗民 ("Staying behind")，published by ~~Baror International, Inc. Armonk New York, U.S.A~~CITIC, 2017 ;Japanese * 紙の動物園 ("[[The Paper Menagerie]]"), published by [[SF Magazine\|Hayakawa]], edited by 古沢嘉通 (Yoshimichi Furusawa), April 2015 ;French Line 1,165 ⟶ 1,177: ==Filmography== ===Television=== ~~The 2022 [[AMC+]] series~~ ''[[Pantheon (TV series)\|Pantheon]]'' is an animated ~~version~~television series based on Liu's sci-fi short stories "The Gods Will Not Be Chained", "The Gods Will Not Be Slain", "The Gods Have Not Died in Vain", "Staying Behind" and "Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer" from the short fictions collection ''The Hidden Girl and Other Stories''. It premiered on [[AMC+]] in 2022.<ref name="Zahed">{{cite news\|title=Sci-Fi Epic 'Pantheon' Updates AMC+ as a Cool New Animation Destination\|last=Ramin\|first=Zahed\|access-date=September 26, 2022\|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/08/sci-fi-epic-pantheon-updates-amc-as-a-cool-new-animation-destination/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Hidden Girl and Other Stories \|url=https://kenliu.name/blog/book/the-hidden-girl-and-other-stories/ \|access-date=2022-12-28 \|website=kenliu.name}}</ref> ==References== Line 1,171 ⟶ 1,183: ==External links== {{commonscat\|Ken Liu}} * {{Official\|kenliu.name}} * {{isfdb name}} Line 1,202 ⟶ 1,215: [[Category:Sidewise Award winners]] [[Category:World Fantasy Award-winning writers]] [[Category:Writers from Gansu]] [[Category:People from Lanzhou]] [[Category:Chinese emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:Writers from Connecticut]]