He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts. Ken is also the translator for Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, Hao Jingfang's Vagabonds, Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide, as well as the editor of Invisible Planets and Broken Stars, anthologies of contemporary Chinese science fiction. Ken frequently speaks at conferences and universities on a variety of topics, including futurism, cryptocurrency, history of technology, bookmaking, the mathematics of origami, and other subjects of his expertise. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Ken worked as a software engineer, corporate lawyer, and litigation consultant. The most recent projects include “The Message,” under development by 21 Laps and FilmNation Entertainment “Good Hunting,” adapted as an episode of Netflix's breakout adult animated series Love, Death + Robots and AMC's Pantheon, which Craig Silverstein will executive produce, adapted from an interconnected series of short stories by Ken. He has been involved in multiple media adaptations of his work. He also wrote the Star Wars novel, The Legends of Luke Skywalker. His debut collection, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories, has been published in more than a dozen languages. Ken's debut novel, The Grace of Kings, is the first volume in a silkpunk epic fantasy series, The Dandelion Dynasty, in which engineers play the role of wizards. He has won the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, as well as top genre honors in Japan, Spain, and France, among other places. Ken Liu ( ) is an American author of speculative fiction.
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