Ai Jiang
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Ai Jiang was born in Fujian, China, and emigrated to Canada with her parents at age four. She studied at the University of Toronto and Humber School and holds a creative writing MA from the University of Edinburgh, completed in 2022.
Active as a speculative fiction and poetry writer since 2021, she was a Nebula finalist for her short story "Give Me English" and won the Ignyte Award for her poem "We Smoke Pollution." Her debut novella, Linghun, set in a town where grief conjures the spirits of the dead, launched her career in longer fiction in 2023.
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Ai Jiang's novella, "Linghun," was a finalist for both the Nebula Award and the Locus Award, and it won the Ignyte Award for Best Novella.
Ai Jiang is known for her evocative prose and her ability to blend elements of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, often exploring themes of grief, memory, and identity with a unique, dreamlike quality.
A good starting point for Ai Jiang's work is her novella "Linghun," which showcases her distinctive blend of speculative fiction and emotional depth, or her short story collection "Wax and Wane" to experience her range.