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Diverse Energies

Diverse Energies, an anthology of diverse YA dystopian fiction edited by Tobias S. Buckell & Joe Monti, is coming out from Lee & Low Books. I’m proud to have contributed a story, “Pattern Recognition.” To be listed along these authors …

Readercon

I’ll be at Readercon on the 14th and the 15th. Here are my panel assignments: July 14, Saturday, 2:00 PM, RI The Future of Copyright. Ken Liu, B. Diane Martin, Eugene Mirabelli, Kenneth Schneyer (leader), Jacob Weisman. SFF authors have …

The Sturgeon Awards

I’m a few days late on this — been a bit swamped at work. Congratulations to Paul McCauley for winning the Sturgeon Award with his story, “The Choice.” And to Charlie Jane Anders as well, who came in second with …

SF & F Translation Awards

Chen Qiufan and I are finalists in the SF & F Translation Awards! The work nominated is Chen Qiufan’s “The Fish of Lijiang” (《丽江的鱼儿们》 which I translated for Clarkesworld. It’s a lovely story and if you haven’t read it, it’s …

Nebula

So, I’ve won a Nebula. I couldn’t be at the ceremonies there tonight because baby Miranda needs her daddy. But Jamie Todd Rubin was gracious enough to accept for me and take that picture so I can be sure it’s …

Miranda

Here she is. Perfect.

The Man Who Ended History, Italian Edition

The Italian translation of “The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary” is out from 40k Books: L’uomo che mise fine alla Storia (Italian Edition). The translator is Elena Cantoni. You can get a copy from Amazon for your Kindle here. …

Taking Care of God

My translation of Li Cixin (刘慈欣)’s “Taking Care of God” (《赡养上帝》) is now out in Pathlight, an English-language publication of People’s Literature Magazine (人民文学). You can download a free electronic copy of the magazine on their web site. It’s a …

Fireside

My story, “To the Moon,” appears in the inaugural issue of Fireside magazine. The founder and publisher, Brian White, has been amazing to work with. And I really like his vision for Fireside as a magazine of “many genres, no …

The Hugos

I'm really honored to announce that two of my works, "The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary", a novella, and "The Paper Menagerie", a short story, have been nominated for the Hugo Awards. Like many SF writers, I've dreamed about …