Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang
Chiang in 2011
Chiang in 2011
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.
OccupationFiction writer, technical writer
EducationBrown University (BS)
Period1990–present
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable worksTower of Babylon” (1990)
Story of Your Life” (1998)
The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate” (2007)
Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)
Exhalation: Stories (2019)
Hell is the Absence of God” (2001)
Ted Chiang
Traditional Chinese姜峯楠
Simplified Chinese姜峰楠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiāng Fēngnán
Wade–GilesChiang1 Feng1-nan2
IPA[tɕjáŋ fə́ŋnǎn]

Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards.[1] He has published the short story collections Stories of Your Life and Others (2002) and Exhalation: Stories (2019). His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the film Arrival (2016). He was an artist in residence at the University of Notre Dame in 2020–2021.[2] Chiang is also a frequent non-fiction contributor to the New Yorker Magazine, most recently on topics related to computer technology, such as artificial intelligence.

  1. ^ Chiang's awards, Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
  2. ^ "Ted Chiang". Institute for Advanced Study, University of Notre Dame. Retrieved July 2, 2020.