John Chu (author)

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

References

External links

• Official website
  • John Chu's bibliography. Many of his stories are available free online.
• "John Chu", Tor.com, September 2014
• John Chu on Twitter
• John Chu on Mastodon

1. Wesley Chu
2. Vietnamese alphabet
3. History of writing in Vietnam
4. Steven Chu
5. Judy Chu
6. A Little Life
7. Yoshihiro Akiyama
8. Paul Ching Wu Chu
9. Iwen Chu
10. North Vietnam
11. Warring States period
12. Crazy Rich Asians (film)
13. Qin (state)
14. John Wayne
15. Ip Man
16. Vietnamese language
17. Chew (comics)
18. Phan Huy Chú
19. John Kerry
20. Gangneung Kim clan