Yoon Ha Lee

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Yoon Ha Lee (born on 26. January 1979 in Houston , Texas ) is a Korean-American author of science fiction and fantasy , best known for his space opera - novels The Machineries of Empire .

Life

Lee's father was an army doctor. In his youth, the family lived alternately in Texas and South Korea . Lee attended the English-language Foreign School in Seoul and studied mathematics at Cornell University , where he received his bachelor's degree, and at Stanford , where Lee graduated with a master's degree in mathematical education. He then worked as an analyst in a market consulting firm for energy suppliers , as a web designer and taught mathematics.

Lee is a trans man and identifies as queer . He lives in Louisiana with his husband and daughter .

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His first science fiction story, The Hundredth Question , appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1999 . By 2018 Lee had published over 60 short stories, a selection of 16 short stories appeared in the Conservation of Shadows collection in 2013 . 2016 Lee's first novel Ninefox Gambit , the first band of military science fiction - the trilogy The Machineries of Empire . It is about an endless war that hexarchy is waging against a movement of dissidents in the distant future. The weapons of this war appear magical but are based on the manipulation of the mathematical foundations of reality. Kel Cheris, a young, mathematically gifted soldier, is given the task of absorbing the ghost of a dead, once insane general in order to take a strategically important fortress, in which she runs the risk of going insane herself if her calculations include it Mistakes made.

At the suggestion of publishing imprint Rick Riordan Presents , Lee wrote his first youth book, Dragon Pearl . It was released in January 2019 and is described as a science fiction adventure novel based on Korean mythology . It reached 2nd place on the New York Times bestseller list for children's and young adult literature.

Awards

Lee's works have been nominated many times for SF awards, including three times for the Hugo Award , twice for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award and once each for the Nebula , World Fantasy and Arthur C. Clarke Awards . In 2017, Ninefox Gambit was recognized as a debut novel at the Locus Awards .

bibliography

The Machineries of Empire
  • 1 Ninefox Gambit (2016)
  • 2 Raven Stratagem (2017)
  • 3 Revenant Gun (2018)

Short stories:

  • The Battle of Candle Arc (2012)
  • Calendrical Red (2016)
  • Extracurricular Activities (2017)
novel
  • Dragon Pearl (2019)
collection
  • Conservation of Shadows (2013)
Short stories
  • The Hundredth Question (1999)
  • Echoes Down an Endless Hall (2000)
  • Alas, Lirette (2001)
  • Counting the Shapes (2001)
  • The Black Abacus (2002)
  • Eating Hearts (2005)
  • Moon, Paper, Scissors (2005)
  • The Sun's Kiss (2005)
  • So That Her High-Born Kinsmen Came (2006)
  • Nine Tails, Hundred Hearts (2006)
  • Unstringing the Bow (2006)
  • Hopscotch (2006)
  • Screamers (2007)
  • The Shadow Postulates (2007)
  • Notes on the Necromantic Symphony (2007)
  • Blue Ink (2008)
  • Architectural Constants (2008)
  • The Fourth Horseman (2009)
  • The Unstrung Zither (2009)
  • Swanwatch (2009)
  • The Bones of Giants (2009)
  • Dragon Logic (2009)
  • The Pirate Captain's Daughter (2009)
  • Between Two Dragons (2010)
  • The Territorialist (2010)
  • Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain (2010)
  • The Winged City (2010)
  • Ghostweight (2011)
  • Conservation of Shadows (2011)
  • A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel (2011)
  • The Book of Locked Doors (2012)
  • Iseul's Lexicon (2013)
  • Effigy Nights (2013)
  • The Knight of Chains, the Deuce of Stars (2013)
  • The Coin of Heart's Desire (2013)
  • Wine (2014)
  • The Bonedrake's Penance (2014)
  • Combustion Hour (2014)
  • The Contemporary Foxwife (2014)
  • Warhosts (2014)
  • Always the Harvest (2014)
  • Gamer's End (2015)
  • The Queen's Aviary (2015)
  • The Graphology of Hemorrage (2015)
  • Two to Leave (2015)
  • Apocalypse Foxes (2015)
  • Snakes (2015)
  • The Old Road (2015)
  • Variations on an Apple (2015)
  • Interlingua (2015)
  • The Cold Inequalities (2015)
  • Foxfire, Foxfire (2016)
  • Falcon-and-Sparrows (2016)
  • Shadow's Weave (2016)
  • The Chameleon's Gloves (2017)
  • Welcome to Triumph Band (2017)
  • Obscura (2018)
  • The Starship and the Temple Cat (2018)
  • Entropy War (2018)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Yoon Ha Lee: Axioms & Theorems. Interview in Locus # 644 (September 2014) ( excerpts online , accessed November 28, 2018).
  2. ↑ Exclusive Interview: Yoon Ha Lee on His OPERATION ARCANA Story “The Graphology of Hemorrhage” , Kristin Centorcelli on March 11, 2015 on SF Signal , accessed on November 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dragon Pearl is here! In: rickriordan.com. January 15, 2020, accessed on May 13, 2020 .
  4. ^ Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Books - Best Sellers. In: The New York Times . February 2, 2019, accessed May 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Yoon Ha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer of science fiction and fantasy
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas