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Henry Lien is an author of speculative fiction and non-fiction active since 2013.

Biography

Lien is originally from Taiwan and lives in Hollywood, California. He is a graduate of St. Paul’s School (Concord, NH), Brown University, and UCLA School of Law. In addition to being an author, he has been an attorney, an instructor at UCLA (which awarded him Outstanding Instructor of the Year), and a gallerist and art dealer.

Literary Career

Lien graduated from Clarion West Writers Workshop in 2012. He is the author of the Peasprout Chen figure skating/martial arts fantasy series, published by Henry Holt and Company, which the The New York Times described as “Hermione Granger meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets the Ice Capades meets Mean Girls.” The series received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist and received several awards and nominations. He is also the author of the non-fiction book Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling, published by W.W. Norton. His short fiction has appeared in various publications, including Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. In addition to his fiction, Lien has served as art director for Lightspeed Magazine and arts editor for Interfictions Online.

Awards

Lien was nominated for the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters," which also placed second in the 2014 Asimov's Reader's Poll. His "The Ladies' Aquatic Gardening Society" was nominated for the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. His novel Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword was nominated for the 2019 Nebula Award/Andre Norton Award and won the Parents’ Choice Foundation’s Silver Medal. His novel Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions was nominated for the 2020 Nebula Award/Andre Norton Award and won the Parents’ Choice Foundation’s Silver Medal.