Author · born 1976
Ken Liu
Ken Liu (born 1976) is a Chinese-American writer. Born in Lanzhou.
Our catalogue lists 1 book by Ken Liu, mostly epic fantasy and adventure fiction. The most-read is The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty) (2001).
Books by Ken Liu
Awards
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2013 — Best Short Story, Mono no Aware (winner)
- ✦Hugo Awards 2012 — Best Novella, The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary (nominee)
- 🏆Hugo Awards 2012 — Best Short Story, The Paper Menagerie (winner)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2016 — Best Novel, The Grace of Kings (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2015 — Best Novella, The Regular (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2014 — Best Novelette, The Litigation Master and the Monkey King (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2013 — Best Novelette, The Waves (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2013 — Best Novella, All the Flavors (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2013 — Best Short Story, The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2012 — Best Novella, The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 2012 — Best Short Story, The Paper Menagerie (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2017 — Best Collection (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 2012 — Best Short Fiction, The Paper Menagerie (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2026 — Best Science Fiction Novel, All That We See or Seem (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2024 — Best Novelette, The Passing of the Dragon (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2022 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Anthology, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2021 — Best Collection, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Novelette, A Whisper of Blue (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2021 — Best Short Story, 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Anthology, Broken Stars (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2020 — Best Short Story, Thoughts and Prayers (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2019 — Best Novelette, Quality Time (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2019 — Best Short Story, Cosmic Spring (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2018 — Best Novelette, The Hidden Girl (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Anthology, Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (nominee)
- 🏆Locus Awards 2017 — Best Collection (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Wall of Storms (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Short Story, Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit - Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 2017 — Best Short Story, Seven Birthdays (nominee)
Biography
Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his short fiction, which has appeared in F&SF, Asimov's, Analog, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, and multiple "Year's Best" anthologies. Liu has also written an epic fantasy novel series, The Dandelion Dynasty, which he describes as silkpunk. The series is published by Simon & Schuster. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Liu)