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Author photo. Author Ken Liu at the 2016 Texas Book Festival By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53295648" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53295648</a>

Author Ken Liu at the 2016 Texas Book Festival By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53295648

Ken Liu

Author of The Grace of Kings

Includes the names: Ken Lui, Ken Liu, ケン リュウ, ケン・リュウ

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Works by Ken Liu
The Grace of Kings 1,003 copies, 48 reviews
The Wall of Storms 285 copies, 7 reviews
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories (Author) 90 copies, 5 reviews
The Paper Menagerie [short story] 63 copies, 16 reviews
Mono no Aware [short story] 19 copies, 3 reviews
La ménagerie de papier 14 copies, 1 review
The Regular 10 copies, 2 reviews
The Algorithms for Love 8 copies, 1 review
Simulacrum 7 copies, 1 review
The Plague 6 copies, 3 reviews
Memories of My Mother (Author) 6 copies
Vagabonds 5 copies
The Clockwork Soldier 3 copies, 1 review
The Message 3 copies, 1 review
Thoughts and Prayers 2 copies, 1 review
State Change 2 copies
The Litigatrix 2 copies, 1 review
The Countable 2 copies
The Waves 2 copies
Gossamer 1 copy
Vagabond 1 copy
Real Faces 1 copy
None Owns the Air 1 copy, 1 review
Arc 1 copy
Nova Verba, Mundus Novus 1 copy, 1 review
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The Three-Body Problem (Translator, some editions) 4,046 copies, 227 reviews
Death's End (Translator, some editions) 1,140 copies, 42 reviews
Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories (Contributor, some editions) 418 copies, 18 reviews
From a Certain Point of View (Star Wars) (Contributor) 388 copies, 19 reviews
The End is Nigh (Contributor) 208 copies, 11 reviews
Year's Best SF 10 (Contributor) 197 copies, 4 reviews
Press Start to Play (Contributor) 181 copies, 10 reviews
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold (Contributor) 152 copies
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction (Contributor) 141 copies, 5 reviews
The Book of Swords (Contributor) 137 copies, 4 reviews
The Future is Japanese (Contributor) 134 copies, 6 reviews
Robots vs. Fairies (Contributor) 130 copies, 7 reviews
Diverse Energies (Contributor) 124 copies, 11 reviews
Waste Tide (Translator, some editions) 120 copies, 3 reviews
Dead Man's Hand (Contributor) 116 copies, 3 reviews
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six (Contributor, some editions) 110 copies, 4 reviews
The End Is Now (Contributor) 108 copies, 6 reviews
Lightspeed: Year One (Contributor) 103 copies, 1 review
Year's Best SF 17 (Contributor) 100 copies, 2 reviews
The End Has Come (Contributor) 89 copies, 4 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 (Contributor) 89 copies, 2 reviews
Unidentified Funny Objects (Contributor) 79 copies, 3 reviews
The Other Half of the Sky (Contributor) 78 copies, 4 reviews
Warrior Women (Contributor) 72 copies, 3 reviews
Year's Best SF 18 (Contributor) 72 copies
The Redemption of Time (Translator, some editions) 71 copies, 2 reviews
The Apex Book of World SF 3 (Translator, some editions) 70 copies, 19 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 2 (Contributor) 69 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 1 (Contributor) 68 copies, 3 reviews
Time Travel: Recent Trips (Contributor) 62 copies, 3 reviews
Upgraded (Contributor) 61 copies, 4 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 (Contributor) 60 copies, 4 reviews
War Stories: New Military Science Fiction (Contributor) 58 copies, 23 reviews
Drowned Worlds (Contributor) 54 copies, 6 reviews
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014 Edition (Contributor) 51 copies, 4 reviews
Bridging Infinity (Contributor) 48 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2013 Edition (Contributor) 46 copies, 1 review
Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1 (Contributor) 46 copies, 30 reviews
Remembrance of Earth's Past: The Three-Body Trilogy (Translator, some editions) 43 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (Contributor) 43 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk Adventures (Contributor) 41 copies, 2 reviews
Steampunk World (Contributor) 38 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 (Contributor) 35 copies, 1 review
Uncanny Magazine Issue 2: January/February 2015 (Translator) 35 copies, 5 reviews
Clarkesworld: Year Six (Contributor) 30 copies, 1 review
Aliens: Recent Encounters (Contributor) 29 copies, 2 reviews
Thoughtcrime Experiments (Contributor) 28 copies, 3 reviews
The Book of Apex: Volume 4 of Apex Magazine (Contributor) 27 copies, 15 reviews
Polyphony 4 (Contributor) 25 copies
Robots: The Recent A.I. (Contributor) 25 copies, 2 reviews
The Weight of Memories (Translator, some editions) 25 copies, 6 reviews
Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth (Contributor) 25 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4 (Contributor) 24 copies, 1 review
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 27 • August 2012 (Contributor) 24 copies, 3 reviews
Clarkesworld: Issue 100 (January 2015) (Contributor) 24 copies, 4 reviews
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (Contributor) 23 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2017 (Contributor) 23 copies, 4 reviews
Folding Beijing (Translator, some editions) 22 copies, 6 reviews
Twelve Tomorrows (Contributor) 21 copies
Alt.History 101 (Contributor) 20 copies, 2 reviews
Uncanny Magazine Issue 1: November/December 2014 (Contributor) 20 copies, 1 review
TRSF (Contributor) 19 copies
The Book of Dragons: An Anthology (Contributor) 19 copies, 1 review
Coffee: 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic (Contributor) 18 copies, 2 reviews
The Cackle of Cthulhu (Contributor) 15 copies, 2 reviews
Uncanny Magazine Issue 13: November/December 2016 (Translator) 14 copies, 4 reviews
Humanity 2.0 (Contributor) 13 copies
In Situ (Contributor) 13 copies
Funny Science Fiction (Contributor) 12 copies
Clarkesworld: Year Eight (Contributor) 12 copies
Clarkesworld: Year Five (Contributor) 12 copies
Fish (Contributor) 11 copies
The Best of Galaxy's Edge 2013-2014 (Contributor, some editions; Contributor) 11 copies
Oceans: The Anthology (Contributor) 11 copies
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (Contributor) 9 copies
The Cyborg Chronicles (Contributor) 7 copies
Avatars Inc (Contributor) 6 copies
The Doomsday Chronicles (Contributor) 6 copies
Futures & Fantasies (Contributor) 6 copies
Clarkesworld: Issue 061 (October 2011) (Contributor) 6 copies, 1 review
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 9 • February 2011 (Contributor) 6 copies, 1 review
Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2013 (Contributor) 6 copies, 1 review
Panverse Three (Contributor) 4 copies
ISF 2012 Annual Anthology (Author) 4 copies
Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse (Contributor) 4 copies, 1 review
Bifrost n°75 : Poul Anderson (Contributor) 4 copies
Mythic Delirium (Volume 1) (Contributor) 4 copies, 1 review
Futuredaze 2: Reprise (Contributor) 4 copies
The Anderson Project (Contributor) 3 copies, 1 review
Apex Magazine 47 (April 2013) (Contributor) 3 copies
Lightspeed Magazine 2012 Sampler (Contributor) 3 copies
Clarkesworld Year Nine: Volume One (Contributor) 2 copies
Everyone: Worlds Without Walls (Contributor) 2 copies, 1 review
Cixin Liu Three Body Problem Collection 4 Books Set (Translator, some editions) 2 copies
The Gamer Chronicles (Contributor) 1 copy
The Circle {short story} (Translator, some editions) 1 copy
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1976
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male
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USA
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Lanzhou, China
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Palo Alto, California, USA
Waterford, Connecticut, USA
Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
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Harvard College (BA ∙ English)
Harvard Law School
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programmer
corporate lawyer
litigation consultant
writer
translator
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Joe Monti (Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency)
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