John Chu (author)

John Chu is a Taiwanese American microprocessor architect, science fiction writer and literary translator.

Life and career
Chu was born in Taiwan, moved to the US and began learning English at age six. He read voraciously as a child and was inspired to write science fiction by the works of Ted Chiang. He has attended the Viable Paradise and Clarion science fiction & fantasy writing workshops. He has a PhD in computer engineering and is gay, a theme that he explores in his writing.

In 2014 Chu won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story with the story The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere. In 2023, If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You won the Locus Award for Best Novelette. Chu also reads for podcasts and translates novels and stories from Chinese into English.