Ted Chiang is a highly acclaimed Chinese-American science fiction author, known for his thought-provoking and moving stories. He is best known for his short story "Stories of Your Life," which was adapted into the hit film Arrival. This story, along with many others, has earned him numerous awards, including Nebula Awards and Hugo Awards.
Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, in 1967, to parents who were both immigrants from China. He grew up speaking Chinese at home and learned English in school. Chiang's parents were an engineer and a librarian, and they instilled in him a love of learning and a curiosity about the world. He attended Brown University, where he studied computer science, and later graduated from the Clarion Writers Workshop.
Chiang works as a technical writer, creating reference materials for programmers, and writes fiction only when he has an idea for a story. He is known for his novellas and novellets, which often take place in the past and explore humanist themes. His writing is known for its emotional depth and ability to leave readers feeling moved and in a state of wonder. Despite not having written a novel, Chiang is considered one of the most decorated science fiction writers currently working, with numerous prestigious awards to his name.
Short Stories/Novellas
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Tower of Babylon
1990
2
Understand (in Asimov's)
1991
3
Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others)
1998
4
Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts)
2000
5
Hell Is the Absence of God
2001
6
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate
2007
7
The Lifecycle of Software Objects
2010
8
The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling
2013
9
The Great Silence
2015
10
Omphalos
2019
11
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom
2019
Short Story Collections
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival
2002
2
Exhalation
2019
Year's Best SF Anthology Books
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Year's Best SF
1996
2
Year's Best SF 2
1997
3
Year's Best SF 3
1998
4
Year's Best SF 4
1999
5
Year's Best SF 5
2000
6
Year's Best SF 6
2001
7
Year's Best SF 7
2002
8
Year's Best SF 8
2003
9
Year's Best SF 9
2004
10
Year's Best SF 10
2005
11
Year's Best SF 11
2006
12
Year's Best SF 12
2007
13
Year's Best SF 13
2008
14
Year's Best SF 14
2009
15
Year's Best SF 15
2010
16
Year's Best SF 16
2011
17
Year's Best SF 17
2012
18
Year's Best SF 18
2013
Ted Chiang Anthologies
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Title
Year
Goodreads
Amazon
1
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1991
1991
2
Year's Best SF
1996
3
Year's Best SF 2
1997
4
Year's Best SF 3
1998
5
Starlight 2
1998
6
Year's Best SF 4
1999
7
Vanishing Acts
2000
8
Year's Best SF 5
2000
9
Year's Best SF 6
2001
10
Nebula Awards 35 (2001)
2001
11
Starlight 3
2001
12
Supermen
2002
13
Year's Best SF 7
2002
14
Year's Best SF 8
2003
15
I premi Hugo 2002
2003
16
The Hard SF Renaissance
2003
17
Year's Best SF 9
2004
18
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
2005
19
Year's Best SF 10
2005
20
Year's Best SF 11
2006
21
Feeling Very Strange
2006
22
Year's Best SF 12
2007
23
The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1
2007
24
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
2008
25
Year's Best SF 13
2008
26
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
2008
27
Twenty-First Annual Collection
2008
28
Year's Best SF 14
2009
29
Year's Best SF 15
2010
30
Year's Best SF 16
2011
31
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
2011
32
Year's Best SF 17
2012
33
Lightspeed Magazine, December 2012
2012
34
Year's Best SF 18
2013
35
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2016