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Ken Liu

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2024

Laozi's Dao De Jing • nonfiction • Scribner

awards:

• Locus Awards 2025 — non-fiction — 6th place

2020

Vagabonds (by Hao Jingfang, translated by KL) • novel • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press

awards:

• Ignyte Awards 2021 — adult novel — nomination

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories • Saga; Head of Zeus

awards:

• Locus Awards 2021 — collection — winner

“Uma”

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6, ed. Neil Clarke, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 2022

“The Cleaners”

anthologies:

• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021, ed. Vernoica Roth & John Joseph Adams, Mariner Books 2021

“Idols”

anthologies:

• Made to Order: Robots and Revolution, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2020

“A Whisper of Blue” • short fiction • The Book of Dragons

awards:

• Locus Awards 2021 — novelette — 4th place

“50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know” • short fiction • Uncanny Nov 2020

awards:

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2021 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2021 — short story — 3rd place

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2021 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2022

• The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 2: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2021, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Saga Press 2021

2019

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation • anthology • Tor

awards:

• Ignyte Awards 2020 — anthology/collected works — nomination

• Locus Awards 2020 — anthology — 6th place

“Thoughts and Prayers” • short fiction • Future Tense 26 Jan 2019

awards:

• Locus Awards 2020 — short story — 8th place

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 2020

• The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020, ed. Diana Gabaldon & John Joseph Adams, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Mariner 2020

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One, ed. Paula Guran, Pyr 2020

2018

“Quality Time” • short fiction • Robots vs Fairies

awards:

• Locus Awards 2019 — novelette — 5th place

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2019

“Byzantine Empathy”

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 4, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2019

2017

“The Hidden Girl” • short fiction • The Book of Swords

awards:

• Locus Awards 2018 — novelette — 8th place

anthologies:

• The Book of Swords, ed. Gardner Dozois, Bantam 2017

2016

The Wall of Storms • novel • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press

awards:

• Locus Awards 2017 — fantasy novel — 3rd place

citations:

• 2020: The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, Time Magazine

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories • collection • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 2017 — collection — nomination

• Locus Awards 2017 — collection — winner

citations:

• 2021: NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade Of Great Sci-Fi And Fantasy, NPR

• 2017: Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, Third Edition, Paul Di Filippo

Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation • anthology • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 2017 — anthology — 2nd place

Death's End (by Cixin Liu, translated by KL) • novel • Tor

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2017 — novel — nomination

“Seven Birthdays” • short fiction • Bridging Infinity

awards:

• Locus Awards 2017 — short story — 7th place

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2017

• Bridging Infinity, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2016

“Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit - Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts” • Drowned Worlds

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume Two, ed. Neil Clarke, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 2017

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fourth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2017

• Drowned Worlds, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2016

“An Advanced Readers' Picture Book of Comparative Cognition” • short fiction

awards:

• Seiun Awards 2018 — translated story — nomination

2015

The Grace of Kings • novel • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2016 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 2016 — first novel — winner

• Seiun Awards 2017 — translated novel — nomination

• William L. Crawford - IAFA Fantasy Award 2016 — shortlist

citations:

• 2020: The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, Time Magazine

“The Gods Have Not Died in Vain”

anthologies:

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume One, ed. Neil Clarke, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books 2016

“Cassandra”

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2016 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2016

2014

The Three-Body Problem (by Cixin Liu, translated by KL) • novel • Tor

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2015 — novel — winner

• Nebula Awards 2015 — novel — nomination

• John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015 — finalist

“The Ten Suns”

anthologies:

• Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2019

“The Regular” • short fiction • Upgraded

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2015 — novella — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2015 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2015 — novella — 4th place

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015

“The Regular (excerpt)”

anthologies:

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2016, ed. Mercedes Lackey, Pyr 2016

“The Plantimal” (by KL & Mike Resnick) • short fiction • Asimov's Mar 2014

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2015 — short story — winner

“The Long Haul: From the ANNALS OF TRANSPORTATION, The Pacific Monthly, May 2009” • short fiction • Clarkesworld Nov 2014

awards:

• Locus Awards 2015 — short story — 16th place

• Sidewise Awards 2015 — short form — winner

anthologies:

• The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2019

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2015

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2015 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2015

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris 2015

“Running Shoes”

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2015 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

“Reborn”

anthologies:

• Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018

“Knotting Grass, Holding Ring” • short fiction

awards:

• Seiun Awards 2018 — translated story — nomination

anthologies:

• Heiresses of Russ 2015: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction, ed. Jean Roberta & Steve Berman, Lethe Press 2015

“In the Loop”

anthologies:

• Warrior Women, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2015

2013

“The Plague” • Nature 16 May 2013

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-first Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Griffin 2014

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2014 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014

“The Oracle” • short fiction • Asimov's Apr/May 2013

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2014 — short story — 4th place

“The Litigation Master and the Monkey King” • short fiction • Lightspeed Aug 2013

awards:

• Locus Awards 2014 — novelette — 7th place

anthologies:

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2015, ed. Greg Bear, Pyr 2015

“The Litagation Master and the Monkey King” • short fiction • Lightspeed Aug 2013

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2014 — novelette — nomination

“A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel” • short fiction • F&SF Jan/Feb 2013

awards:

• Locus Awards 2014 — short story — 3rd place

• Sidewise Awards 2014 — short form — nomination

anthologies:

• The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2014 Edition, ed. Rich Horton, Prime Books 2014

2012

“Waves”

anthologies:

• Year's Best SF 18, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 2013

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2013 — novelette — nomination

• Asimov's Reader Poll 2013 — novelette — 3rd place

“The Message” • short fiction • Interzone #242

awards:

• Interzone Readers Poll 2013 — story — 8th place

“The Flower of Shazui” (by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by KL) • short fiction • Interzone #243

awards:

• SF&F Translation Awards 2013 — short form — nomination

“The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” • short fiction • Lightspeed Aug 2012

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2013 — short story — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2013 — finalist

• Ignotus Awards 2017 — foreign short story — winner

• WSFA Small Press Award 2013 — shortlist — nomination

anthologies:

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2014, ed. Kij Johnson, Pyr 2014

“Summer Reading”

anthologies:

• Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2017

“Mono no Aware” • short fiction • The Future is Japanese

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2013 — short story — winner

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2013 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 2nd place

anthologies:

• The Final Frontier, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2018

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2013

“Good Hunting” • short fiction

awards:

• Seiun Awards 2016 — translated story — winner

• WSFA Small Press Award 2013 — winner

anthologies:

• Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold, ed. Paula Guran, Night Shade Books 2016

• The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2013 Edition, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2013

“All the Flavors” • short fiction • GigaNotoSaurus Feb 2012

awards:

• Nebula Awards 2013 — novella — nomination

“A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” (by Xia Jia, translated by KL) • short fiction • Clarkesworld Feb 2012

awards:

• Locus Awards 2013 — short story — 31st place

• SF&F Translation Awards 2013 — short form — nomination

2011

“Tying Knots” • short fiction • Clarkesworld Jan 2011

awards:

• Locus Awards 2012 — short story — 30th place

“The Paper Menagerie” • short fiction • F&SF Mar/Apr 2011

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2012 — short story — winner

• Nebula Awards 2012 — short story — winner

• World Fantasy Awards 2012 — short story — winner

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2012 — third place

• Locus Awards 2012 — short story — 2nd place

• Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2016 — foreign short fiction — winner

• Ignotus Awards 2013 — foreign short story — winner

• Seiun Awards 2014 — translated short form — winner

anthologies:

• The Very Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Volume 2, ed. Gordon Van Gelder, Tachyon Publications 2014

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2013, ed. Catherine Asaro, Pyr 2013

• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books 2012

“The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” • short fiction • Panverse Three

awards:

• Hugo Awards 2012 — novella — nomination

• Nebula Awards 2012 — novella — nomination

• Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award 2012 — finalist

• Locus Awards 2012 — novella — 7th place

• Ignotus Awards 2014 — foreign short story — winner

• Seiun Awards 2022 — translated story — nomination

anthologies:

• Time Travel: Recent Trips, ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books 2014

“The Fish of Lijiang” (by Chen Qiufan, translated from the Chinese by KL) • short fiction • Clarkesworld #59, Aug 2011

awards:

• SF&F Translation Awards 2012 — short form — winner

“The Caretaker” • short fiction

awards:

• Seiun Awards 2020 — translated story — nomination

anthologies:

• More Human than Human, ed. Neil Clarke, Night Shade Books 2017

“Simulacrum” • short fiction

awards:

• Seiun Awards 2017 — translated story — winner (tie)

“Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer”

anthologies:

• Year's Best SF 17, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Harper Voyager US 2012

2010

“The Literomancer” • short fiction • F&SF Sep/Oct 2010

awards:

• Locus Awards 2011 — novelette — 16th place

2004

“The Algorithms for Love” • short fiction

awards:

• Ignotus Awards 2016 — foreign short story — winner

anthologies:

• Twenty-First Century Science Fiction, ed. David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor 2013

• Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts, ed. Heather Masari, St. Martin's/Bedford 2009

• Year’s Best SF 10, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, HarperCollins/Eos 2005

• Robots: The Recent A.I., ed. Rich Horton & Sean Wallace, Prime Books 2012

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