John Chu (author)
John Chu | |
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Occupation | Author, engineer, translator |
Notable works | The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere (2013) |
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John Chu (Chinese: 朱中宜) is a Taiwanese American microprocessor architect, science fiction writer and literary translator.
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. He has a PhD in computer engineering and is gay, a theme that he explores in his writing.
In 2014 Chu won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story with the story The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere. In 2023, If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You won the Locus Award for Best Novelette. 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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"If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" | 2022 | Chu, John (July 2022). "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You". Uncanny. Vol. 47. | Finalist 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novelette | |
"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 |