Angela Liu is a Nebula-, Ignyte- and Pushcart-nominated writer/poet based in NYC and Tokyo. She is a graduate of New York University (Phi Beta Kappa), with double degrees in Economics and East Asian Studies. She also holds a Master’s from Keio University’s Graduate School of Media Design in Japan where she researched mixed reality (with a focus on interactive narrative platforms and tangible interfaces for remote communication).
She currently works as an IT consultant, strategic planner, and frequent Japanese-to-English translator while also raising a feral kaiju/Pokemon-loving toddler whose latest obsessions range from Mongolian death worms to carnivorous plants.
Her favorite books are number9dream by David Mitchell, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Crush by Richard Siken, and anything written by Ocean Vuong. As a lifelong anime/manga fan, Ranma 1/2 was her favorite series growing up.
Her short fiction is published/forthcoming in The Dark, Fusion Fragment, Maudlin House, Clarkesworld, Cast of Wonders, Strange Horizons, Dark Matter Magazine, khōréō, Lightspeed, Interzone Digital, and Uncanny Magazine, among others. Her novelette, “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon,” was a 2023 Nebula Award finalist and 2024 Ignyte Award finalist. Her story “Salt Girl” was nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net Award.
Her poetry can be found in Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, Small Wonders, Uncanny Magazine, Heartlines Spec, and more. Her poem “An Interrogation About a Monster During Sleep Paralysis” won 3rd place in the 2023 Rhysling Awards.
Check out her full list of publications here. Or read her HWA interview here.
She is a full member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) and a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA). She is also a member of the writing collective Codex and can be found on Twitter/Instagram at @liu_angela and on Bluesky.
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