Ruoxi Chen
Editor
Consultant
Writer
Ruoxi Chen is a two-time Hugo Award-winning book editor based in New York City.
She’s had the pleasure of working on books that have been shortlisted for the Center for Novel First Novel Prize, the Ilube Nommo, Lambda Literary, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, NAACP Image, and Ursula K. Le Guin Awards, and that have won the Alex, Locus, Crawford, Ignyte, Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, Astounding, and Hugo Awards, among others. Her work has appeared in The Dark, Fantasy Magazine, and Electric Literature.
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About
Hello, World! by Karisa Tell
A Marvellous Light — Freya Marske
The Chosen and the Beautiful — Nghi Vo
Goliath — Tochi Onyebuchi
Siren Queen — Nghi Vo
Some Desperate Glory — Emily Tesh
The Water Outlaws — S.L. Huang
A Taste of Gold and Iron — Alexandra Rowland
Exordia — Seth Dickinson
Flowers for the Sea — Zin E. Rocklyn
Riot Baby — Tochi Onyebuchi
Second Spear — Kerstin Hall
Silver in the Wood — Emily Test
Honors- Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Editor, Long Form
- Finalist for Best Editor, Long Form for the Hugo Award
- Finalist for the Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to the Genre
(part of the Ignyte Awards, presented by FIYAH Magazine)
- Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Editor, Long Form
- Winner of the Publishers Weekly Star Watch Superstar Award
MEDIA-
“Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy 2024”
Clarion West, May 2024“Here Are the Finalists for the 2024 Hugo Awards”
Reactor, March 2024Finalist for Best Editor, Long Form
“Announcing Clarion West’s 2024 Six-Week Summer Workshop Instructors”
Clarion West, August 2023“Announcing the 2023 Hugo Award Finalists”
Reactor, July 2023Finalist for Best Editor, Long Form
"Announcing the 2023 Ignyte Awards Shortlist”
FIYAH, May 2023Finalist for the Ember Award for Unsung Contributions to the Genre
“The 2022 Hugo Award Winners Are Here”
Gizmodo, September 2022Winner for Best Editor, Long Form
The Rise of the Speculative Novella”
Book Riot, August 2022“The Global Boom of Chinese Science Fiction”
Beijing Review, May 2022“Ruoxi Chen Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2022”
Publishers Weekly, November 2022Winner for PW Star Watch program
“In Focus: AAPI Authors Respond to Anti-Asian Violence”
Publishers Weekly, March 2022“Female authors emerge in Chinese sci-fi and fantasy”
Shine, March 2022“How the new diversity is transforming science fiction’s future”
Polygon, October 2020
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“Fandom for Witches” makes the 2023 Locus Recommended Reading List
Locus, February 2024“Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Fantasy, Flash Fiction Online, GigaNotoSaurus, and Baffling“
Locus, January 2024“7 Stories About Mermaids, Selkies, and Sea-Wolves”
Electric Literature, February 2021“Paula Guran Reviews Short Fiction: Black Static, The Dark, Nightmare, Uncanny, and 3LBE“
Locus, January 2020
Writingfiction Writing
Fandom for Witches | Fantasy, October 2023
The Price of Knives | The Dark, October 2019
other Writing
"Dan Mallory Is the Oldest Story in Publishing" | Electric Literature, February 2019
The Blunt Instrument | Electric Literature, column
FreelanceFreeLance Services Offered:
Consulting on publishing strategy
Book proposal packaging
Content creation & copywriting
Manuscript critiques
Developmental editing
Line editing
Copyediting
Proofreading
Authenticity reads
Permissions research
Dissertation and thesis editing (Chicago, MLA, APA)
Admissions essays critiques
I am currently closed to new projects. My specialties are fantasy, science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction, but I also have a background in memoir, narrative nonfiction, lifestyle nonfiction, and cookbooks.