The Dragon and the Stars has won the Aurora Award for Best Related Work in English. The Aurora Award is Canada’s national science fiction award, decided by voting of Canadian science fiction readers. This is probably the first time that a Chinese-theme science fiction and fantasy theme anthology has won a national award outside China.
任冬梅
重庆人。上海华东师范大学文学学士，北京师范大学文学硕士（中国现当代文学专业），即将成为北京师范大学文学院博士生。从小爱好科幻。本科期间开始进行晚清科幻小说研究，撰写多篇论文。硕士毕业论文《1902-1912：“科学小说”命名及其背后的意义》从发生学的角度对晚清“科学小说”进行了全面系统地梳理。 学术兴趣：晚清文学、中国科幻文学、科幻文学与文化等等。
Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Beijing Normal University. M.A. in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature (BNU, 2010). BA in Chinese Literature (East China Normal University, 2007). She is a big sci-fi fan. She began to research on late Qing science fiction since she was a college student at ECNU. Her master’s thesis is "1902-1912: Naming of ‘Scientific Romance’ and the Meaning Behind." It sorted out late Qing scientific romance from a generic point of view. Academic interests: late Qing literature, Chinese science fiction, world science fiction and culture.
