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Henry Lien is a graduate of Brown University, UCLA School of Law, and Clarion West Writers’ Workshop. He is the author of the Peasprout Chen fantasy series (Holt) and the non-fiction book Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling (W.W. Norton). His books have received starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist and New York Times acclaim. His writing has appeared in publications including Literary Hub, Poets & Writers, Asimov’s, Analog, and F&SF, and he is a four-time Nebula Award finalist. Henry also teaches for institutions including the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, the University of Iowa, Clarion West, and Writing the Other. He won the UCLA Extension Department of the Arts Outstanding Instructor ...more

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	Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword (Peasprout Chen, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling 4.10 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions (Peasprout Chen, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 by Greg Bear, Matthew Kressel (Goodreads Author), Kenneth Schneyer (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2015 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #718) by Gordon Van Gelder (Editor), C.C. Finlay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, June 2015 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Django Wexler (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Henry Lien (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, December 2013 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Henry Lien (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William Preston (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ladies’ Aquatic Gardening Society 3.38 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pearl Rehabilitative Colony for Ungrateful Daughters 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic Paintbrush and Other Enchanted Tales (Ghostwriter, #5) by Henry Lien (Goodreads Author), Henry Lien (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Torres 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Literary Fiction ...: 2013 Nebula Nominees Announced	7	32	Feb 27, 2014 06:30PM
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Sci-fi and Heroic...: 2015 Nebula Award short story & novella nominees	11	52	Apr 22, 2016 01:39AM
Sci-fi and Heroic...: 2018 Nebula Award Winners Announced	14	46	May 20, 2019 08:59PM
The Lost Challenges: June Monthly: Food + Wine + Paris	78	62	Jul 09, 2019 05:38PM
The Lost Challenges: Inventions That Changed the World - Part 1	82	76	Sep 29, 2019 11:26AM
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