Angela Liu is a two-time Nebula Award, Astounding Award, and Hugo Award-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).
Her short fiction is published/forthcoming in Clarkesworld, Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, The Dark, Fusion Fragment, Maudlin House, Cast of Wonders, Logic(s) Magazine, khōréō, Lightspeed, Interzone Digital, among others. Her novelette, “Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down The Moon,” was a 2023 Nebula Award finalist and 2024 Ignyte Award finalist. Her novelette, “Another Girl Under The Iron Bell” was a 2024 Nebula Award Finalist, a 2024 Locus Award finalist, and a notable story in 2025’s The Best of American Science Fiction and Fantasy. 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 “there are no taxis for the dead” was a finalist for the inaugural Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2025. 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.
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.
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