Cixin Liu

Cixin Liu, born in June 1963, is a representative of the new generation of Chinese science fiction authors and recognized as a leading voice in Chinese science fiction. He was awarded the China Galaxy Science Fiction Award for eight consecutive years, from 1999 to 2006 and again in 2010. His representative work The Three-Body Problem won a 2015 Hugo Award for best novel, was a 2015 Campbell Award finalist, and was a nominee for the 2015 Nebula Award.

His works have received wide acclaim on account of their powerful atmosphere and brilliant imagination. Liu's stories successfully combine the exceedingly ephemeral with hard reality, all the while focusing on revealing the essence and aesthetics of science. He has endeavored to create a distinctly Chinese style of science fiction. Liu is a member of the China Writers' Association and the Shanxi Writers' Association.