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Ted Chiang
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Chiang in 2011
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Port Jefferson, New York, U.S.
OccupationFiction writer, technical writer
Education Brown University (BS)
Period1990–present
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
Notable works‟Tower of Babylon” (1990)
‟Story of Your Life” (1998)
‟The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate” (2007)
Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)
Exhalation: Stories (2019)
‟Hell is the Absence of God” (2001)

The screenwriter Eric Heisserer adapted Chiang's story "Story of Your Life" into the 2016 film Arrival . Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film stars Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. [58] [59]

Personal life

As of 2016, Chiang lives in Bellevue, Washington with his long-time partner, Marcia Glover, [60] whom he met while both were working at Microsoft. She worked as an interface designer and then a photographer. Chiang goes to the gym three times per week and enjoys video games. [61]

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Traditional Chinese 姜峯楠
Simplified Chinese 姜峰楠
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