S. L. Huang

Shi Lian Huang, better known as S. L. Huang, is a Hugo-winning science fiction author, as well as the first woman to be a professional armorer in Hollywood.

Early life[edit]

Shi Lian Huang, known as Lisa, is from New Jersey. She completed a degree in mathematics at MIT before moving to Los Angeles.^[1][2] She experienced Hodgkin lymphoma as a child.

Career[edit]

After moving to Hollywood to become a stuntwoman and weapons expert, Huang was diagnosed with breast cancer, which "derailed her physicality" for a time.^[3] She turned to writing when unable to actively work on sets.^[3]

She is known for her Cas Russell series, as well as her fantasy novella Burning Roses released in 2020. She began as a self-published author but was picked up by Tor Books.^[4] The characters in the Cas Russell books, and the superintelligent abilities that they actuate, reflect Huang's background in the mathematical sciences.

Huang also writes short fiction, which won her the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2020 with “As the Last I May Know”.^[3][5] She has been published in a number of anthologies and magazines including Strange Horizons and The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016.^[3][6][7]

Her work in television includes Battlestar Galactica and Raising Hope, as well as reality shows Top Shot and Auction Hunters.^[3] She has trained actors such as Nathan Fillion, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jason Momoa, and Danny Glover.

Personal life[edit]

Huang identifies as genderqueer.^[8]

Awards[edit]

Major awards[edit]

Other[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

A summary bibliography was adapted from the isfdb.^[9]

Russell's Attic[edit]

• —— (2014). Zero Sum Game (paperback ed.). self-published. pp. 1–328. ISBN 978-0996070034.
• —— (2014). Half Life (ebook ed.). self-published. pp. 1–314. ISBN 978-0996070041.
• —— (2015). Root of Unity (ebook ed.). self-published. ISBN 978-0996070065.
• —— (2016). Plastic Smile (kindle ed.). self-published. pp. 1–294. ASIN B01GVPR39S.
• —— (2016). Golden Mean. unpublished.

Cas Russell Series[edit]

• —— (2018). Zero Sum Game (hardcover ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–336. ISBN 978-1250180254.^[10]
• —— (2019). Null Set (hardcover ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–320. ISBN 978-1250180308.^[11]
• —— (2020). Critical Point (hardcover ed.). Tor Books. pp. 1–368. ISBN 978-1250180360.^[12]
• Stories:
  • "A Neurological Study on the Effects of Canine Appeal on Psychopathy, or Rio Adopts a Puppy" (2015)
  • "An Examination of Collegial Dynamics as Expressed Through Marksmanship, or Ladies' Day Out" (2015)

Novellas[edit]

• —— (2020). Burning Roses (hardcover ed.). Tor.com. pp. 1–160. ISBN 978-1250763990.

Anthologies[edit]

• Up and Coming: Stories by the 2016 Campbell-Eligible Authors (2016) with Kurt Hunt

Short fiction[edit]

• Hunting Monsters (2014)
• By Degrees and Dilatory Time (2015)
• My Grandmother's Bones (2016)
• The Documentarian (2016)
• The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist (2016)
• The Last Robot (2017)
• Split Shadow (2017)
• Time Travel Is Only for the Poor (2017)
• The Woman Who Destroyed Us (2018)
• Dulce et Decorum (2018)
• Devouring Tongues (2018)
• As the Last I May Know (2019)
• The Million-Mile Sniper (2020)
• Murder by Pixel (2022)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• S. L. Huang on Twitter
• S. L. Huang on Mastodon