Here you can learn more about me through my fiction, photos, and random scribblings (there are aplenty scattered throughout).

To contact me for interviews or appearances, send an email to: shelly.li@duke.edu.

Listed below are pieces of writing news, including fiction sales, past convention appearances, interviews, etc (Upcoming Appearances are located elsewhere).

To read some of these stories online, visit my Bibliography.

To know (way more than you need to know) about my everyday life, visit My Blog.

Writing News

October 20, 2011 - Published “The Turtle’s Greatest Fear” in Stories from the Hearth, an anthology published by Woodland Press

October 18, 2011 - Interview with Stephanie Torres for Her Campus Duke

September 22, 2011 - Published “Every Girl Dreams of Falling in Love” in Nature

September 10, 2011 - Published “To be the Queen” in Polluto

July 24, 2011 - Attended OSFest, a science fiction convention in Omaha, NE

July 24, 2011 - Interview with Jim Phillips for Nil Desperandum

July 23, 2011 - Sold “The Turtle’s Greatest Fear” to Stories from the Hearth, an anthology published by Woodland Press

July 18, 2011 - Published “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint in audio, at Nil Desperandum

July 18, 2011 - Sold “The Parachute,” a reprint in Czech, to Topzine

July 16, 2011 - Sold “Outsourced,” a reprint, to Best of Wily Writers, Volume 2

June 20, 2011 - Published “Coup d’état” in Shadow Gate

June 10, 2011 - Published “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint, in the 10-year anniversary issue of Aoife’s Kiss

June 1, 2011 - Sold “Echo of the Invisible World,” a reprint, to Cosmic Crime Stories

May 23, 2011 - Sold “Gypsy Gold” to Starsongs Magazine

May 1, 2011 - Published “To Be the Queen,” a reprint, at Kasma SF

April 30, 2011 - Published “The Parachute,” a reprint, at MindFlights

April 28, 2011 - Published “A Good Time” in Nature

April 25, 2011 - Sold “Coup d’état” to Shadow Gate

April 24, 2011 - Sold “To Be the Queen,” a reprint, to Kasma SF

March 20, 2011 - Interview with Rainbow Rowell for the Omaha World-Herald

March 16, 2011 - Published “The Parachute,” a reprint, in ICARUS

March 13, 2011 - “The Parachute” has won the national gold medal in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2011! The award will be presented at Carnegie Hall at the end of May. (Previous national winners in Art/Writing include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, and Joyce Carol Oates.)

February 21, 2011 - Sold “Intelligent Truth,” a reprint, to Golden Visions Magazine

February 19, 2011 - “The Parachute” is on the Regional Gold Key list in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2011!

February 15, 2011 - Sold “To Be the Queen” to Polluto

February 6, 2011 - Sold “The Parachute,” a reprint, to MindFlights

February 3, 2011 - Published “To the Stars,” co-written with Ken Liu, in Nature

February 2, 2011 - Published “The Purple Pendant” in Port Iris Magazine

January 31, 2011 - Published “Jade Dragon” at Daily Science Fiction

January 17, 2011 - Sold “Every Girl Dreams of Falling in Love” to Nature

January 13, 2011 - Published “Echo of the Invisible World” in Undiscovered, an anthology compiled by Hall Brothers Entertainment

January 11, 2011 - Sold “The Parachute,” a reprint, to Bete Noire

January 1, 2011 - Published “Spaghetti,” a reprint in English, in Golden Visions Magazine

January 1, 2011 - Published “Saving Face,” co-written with Ken Liu, at Crossed Genres

January 1, 2011 - Published “Soul Mate,” a reprint, in Allegory

December 21, 2010 - Sold “Intelligent Truth,” a reprint, to Sniplits

December 20, 2010 - Published “The Imitation Game,” a reprint in audio, in The Way of the Buffalo

December 15, 2010 - Published “Backbone” in 2013: The Aftermath Anthology

December 13, 2010 - Sold “”The Parachute,” a reprint, to ICARUS

December 13, 2010 - Sold “Spaghetti,” a reprint in English, to Golden Visions Magazine

December 12, 2010 - Published “Echo of the Invisible World,” a reprint, in Phantasmacore

December 6, 2010 - Sold “Soul Mate,” a reprint, to Allegory

December 6, 2010 - Sold “The Parachute,” a reprint in German, to NOVA

December 3, 2010 - Sold “Echo of the Invisible World,” a reprint, to Phantasmacore

December 1, 2010 - Sold “Saving Face,” co-written with Ken Liu, to Crossed Genres

November 26, 2010 - Published “Madelaine’s Echo” in Labyrinth Inhabitant Magazine

November 25, 2010 - Published “The Tsarevich” in The Fringe Magazine

November 25, 2010 - Sold “The Tsarevich” to The Fringe Magazine

November 24, 2010 - Sold “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint, to the 10th anniversary issue of Aoife’s Kiss

November 22, 2010 - Sold “The Purple Pendant” to Port Iris Magazine

November 21, 2010 - Published “The Parachute,” a reprint, in Lightning Flash Magazine (Prize Winner of November Issue)

November 12, 2010 - Sold “A Good Time” to Nature

November 9, 2010 - Sold “Jade Dragon” to Daily Science Fiction

November 9, 2010 - Sold “The Parachute,” a reprint, to Lightning Flash Magazine

November 6, 2010 - Sold “Backbone” to 2013: The Aftermath Anthology, an anthology compiled by Pill Hill Press

November 1, 2010 - Published “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint, in Sci-Fi Short Story Magazine

October 31, 2010 - Published “The Betrayal” in The Gloaming Magazine

October 29, 2010 - Interviewed by author A.J. Hartley for Magical Words

October 16, 2010 - Sold “The Betrayal,” a reprint, to Villainy, an anthology compiled by Hall Brothers Entertainment

October 11, 2010 - Sold “The Betrayal” to The Gloaming Magazine

October 2, 2010 - Appeared as an author guest at Nuke-Con, a gaming convention in Omaha, NE

October 2, 2010 - Sold “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint in audio, to Nil Desperandum

September 15, 2010 - Sold “To the Stars,” co-written with Ken Liu, to Nature

September 13, 2010 - Sold “The Imitation Game,” a reprint in audio, to The Way of the Buffalo

September 10, 2010 - Announcement in Publishers Marketplace: Shelly Li’s The Royal Hunter... to Michael Green at Philomel, for publication in Fall 2011, by Catherine Drayton at Inkwell Management (NA)

September 10, 2010 - Sold “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint, to Sci-Fi Short Story Magazine

September 1, 2010 - Sold “Madelaine’s Echo” to Labyrinth Inhabitant Magazine

August 28, 2010 - Sold “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint, to Abandoned Towers Magazine

July 31, 2010 - Sold “Echo of the Invisible World” to Undiscovered: tales of exploration, adventure & excitement, an anthology compiled by Hall Brothers Entertainment

July 29, 2010 - Published “The Parachute” in Cosmos Online

July 23-25, 2010 - Appeared as an author guest at OSFest, an SF/Fantasy convention in Omaha, NE

July 18, 2010 - Reprinted “The Architect of Apathy” in Labyrinth Inhabitant Magazine

July 18, 2010 - Reprinted “The Parachute” in Hebrew in Bli-Panika

July 11, 2010 - Sold “The Architect of Apathy,” a reprint, to Labyrinth Inhabitant Magazine

July 10, 2010 - Sold “The Parachute,” a Hebrew reprint, to Bli-Panika

July 1, 2010 - Published “The End of God” in Nature

June 18, 2010 - Book deal! Sold The Royal Hunter, a YA Fantasy, to Philomel Books, a YA imprint of the Penguin Group

May 26, 2010 - Sold “The End of God” to Nature

May 21, 2010 - Published “The Architect of Apathy” in Mallorn 49

May 13, 2010 - Published “Intelligent Truth” in The Dragon and the Stars, a DAW anthology edited by Eric Choi and Derwin Mak

May 2, 2010 - Published “Outsourced,” an reprint in audio, in Wily Writers

April 29, 2010 - Agented by Catherine Drayton of Inkwell Management

April 15, 2010 - Sold “Outsourced,” a reprint in text and audio, to Wily Writers

April 12, 2010 - Sold “The Parachute” to Cosmos Online

April 1, 2010 - Published “The Balance Scale” in Nature

February 1, 2010 - Reprinted “Soul Mate” in Chinese in Science Fiction World

January 21, 2010 - Sold “The Balance Scale” to Nature

January 17, 2010 - Published four translated reprints in Chinese fanzine New Fantasy Realm, along with an interview

January 5, 2010 - Sold “The Architect of Apathy” to Mallorn 49

December 30, 2009 - Interviewed by author Stanley Chan for Chinese fanzine New Fantasy Realm

November 26, 2009 - Published “The Imitation Game” in Nature

November 6, 2009 - Published “Spaghetti,” an Italian translation, in Robot

October 21, 2009 - Published “Portal #7” in Kalkion

October 19, 2009 - Sold “Replacement,” “Outsourced,” “The Imitation Game,” and “Soul Mate,” reprints in Chinese, to New Fantasy Realm

October 2, 2009 - Published “Royal Blood” in Mallorn 48

August 20, 2009 - Sold “Portal #7” to Kalkion

August 15, 2009 - Sold “Intelligent Truth” to The Dragon and the Stars, a DAW anthology of ethnic Chinese writers, edited by Eric Choi and Derwin Mark

August 13, 2009 - Became an active member of SFWA

July 30, 2009 - Published “Soul Mate” in Cosmos Online

July 29, 2009 - Sold “Spaghetti,” an Italian translation, to Robot

July 28, 2009 - Sold “The Imitation Game” to Nature

July 2, 2009 - Sold “Royal Blood” to Mallorn 48

June 27, 2009 - Interviewed by Chinese TV station CCTV

April 23, 2009 - Published “Outsourced” in Nature

March 27-29, 2009 - Appeared as an author guest at Imagicon, an SF/Fantasy convention in Birmingham, AL

February 20, 2009 - Sold “Soul Mate” to Cosmos Online

January 28, 2009 - Sold “Outsourced” to Nature

January 22, 2009 - Published “Replacement” in Nature

October 3, 2008 - Sold “Replacement” to Nature

August 6-10, 2008 - Attended Worldcon 66, the world SF convention in Denver, CO

July 11-13, 2008 - Attended Polaris 22, an SF/Fantasy convention in Toronto, Ontario, Canada