Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang was born on October 20th, 1967 and is currently 58 years old. Ted Chiang was born in Port Jefferson, New York, USA.

Ted Chiang is known for writing in the Science Fiction genre.

Ted Chiang is the author of 12 Short Stories/Novellas. The first short story published was Tower of Babylon, in 1990. The most recently published story was Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom which was released in 2019. There are no upcoming short stories.

Ted Chiang has also written the Short Story Collections series which has 2 books including Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival and Exhalation.

Ted Chiang: Awards & Accolades

Chiang's books have won multiple awards, Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others) won the Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story, in 2002. Hell Is the Absence of God won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 2002 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Short Story in 2004. The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 2008 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Short Story in 2009. The Lifecycle of Software Objects won the Hugo Award, Best Novella, in 2011 as well as the Seiun Award - Best Translated Short Story in 2012.

The following novels by Ted Chiang were nominated for these awards:

• Tower of Babylon: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1991).
• Understand (in Asimov's): Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1992).
• Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others): Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (1998). Hugo Award, Best Novella (1999).
• Starlight 2: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1999).
• Vanishing Acts: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2001).
• Seventy-Two Letters (in Vanishing Acts): Hugo Award, Best Novella (2001). World Fantasy Award, Novella (2001).
• Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival: Otherwise Award, Best Science Fiction (2002).
• Twenty-First Annual Collection: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2009).
• Exhalation: Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (2011). Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (2019). Goodreads Awards, Best Science Fiction (2019).
• The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2012).
• The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2014).
• Omphalos: Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (2020). Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2020).
• Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom: Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (2020). Hugo Award, Best Novella (2020).
• Edited By: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2021).

Ted Chiang: Lists & Other Mentions

• Story of Your Life (in Stories of Your Life and Others) was a The Guardian: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Section in 2019.
• Exhalation was a Time Magazine: 100 Must-Read Books Selection in 2019 and a President Obama: Summer Reading List Selection in 2019.
• Stories of Your Life and Others / Arrival was a Los Angeles Times: The 30 Best Fiction Books of the Last 30 Years Selection in 2025.

Stories of Your Life and Others was listed at #22 on the Los Angeles Times "Best Fiction Books of the Last 30 Years" list, which was published in April 2025.

Related Authors

Fans of Ted Chiang also enjoy these authors:

1. Arthur C. Clarke, author of the Space Odyssey Series.
2. Alastair Reynolds, author of the Revelation Space Series.
3. Robert J. Sawyer, author of the WWW Series.
4. Frank Herbert, author of the Dune Series.
5. Robert A. Heinlein, author of: Stranger in a Strange Land.
6. Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach Series.
7. Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars Trilogy Series.
8. Arkady Martine, author of the Teixcalaan Series.
9. Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Lady Astronaut Series.
10. Piers Anthony, author of the Xanth Series.

Ted Chiang: F.A.Q