| John Chu | |
| Occupation: | Author, engineer, translator |
| Notableworks: | The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere (2013) |
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John Chu is a Taiwanese American microprocessor architect, science fiction writer and literary translator.
Chu was born in Taiwan, moved to the US and began learning English at age six.[1] 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.[1] He has a PhD in computer engineering[2] and is gay,[3] a theme that he explores in his writing.[1]
In 2014 Chu won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story with the story "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere".[4] In 2023, "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" won the Locus Award for Best Novelette.[5] Chu also reads for podcasts and translates novels and stories from Chinese into English.[1] [3]
| width=25% | Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected | Notes |
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| "If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You" | 2022 | Chu, John . July 2022 . If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You . . 47 . | Finalist 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novelette | ||
| "Best of All Possible Worlds" | 2013 | Chu, John . February 2013 . Best of All Possible Worlds . . 37 . 2 . 70–74. | |||
| "The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere" | 2013 | Web site: Chu, John . The Water that Falls On You From Nowhere . . February 20, 2013 . 2016-01-23. | Book: Berman, Steve . Wilde Stories 2014: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction . Lethe Press . 2014. | Winner 2014 Hugo Award for Best Short Story | |