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Zhang Ran (writer)

Zhang Ran (, born 12 December 1981 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China) is a Chinese science fiction writer.

Life

Zhang Ran completed a Master in computer science at Beijing Jiaotong University. After working in IT industry for a while, he became a reporter and message analyst at Economic Daily and China Economic Net. During that time, his new comments earned him a China News Award. His stories have furthermore won several golden and silver Nebula Awards as well as three Galaxy Awards for the best novelette. Zhang Ran owns a café and writes in his free time.

Bibliography

  • Ether; (以太, yǐtài); published in Science Fiction World in 2012; published in English in the Clarkesworld Magazine in January 2015; winner of the Galaxy Award in 2012.
  • 起风之城, qǐ fēng zhÄ« chéng ["The Windy City"], winner of the Galaxy Award in 2013.
  • 大饥之年, dà jÄ« zhÄ« nián ["Year of the Great Famine"], winner of the Galaxy Award in 2014.
  • The Snow of Jinyang (晋阳三尺雪, Jìnyáng sān chǐ xuě); published in New Science Fiction in January 2014, published in the anthology Broken Stars in April 2020.
  • An Age of Ice; published in Southern Weekly on 10 January 2016; translated in English by Andy Dudak and published in the Clarkesworld Magazine in July 2017.
  • Master Zhao: The Tale of an Ordinary Time Traveler; published in the Clarkesworld Magazine in December 2018.

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