Aliette de Bodard

Aliette de Bodard is a half-French, half-Vietnamese computer and history geek who lives in Paris. In her spare time, she writes speculative fiction. Her short stories has appeared in many venues, including Asimov's, Interzone and the Year's Best Science Fiction. She has been shortlisted for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and for the British Science Fiction Association Awards.
She has a special interest in non-Western civilisations, particularly Ancient China and Ancient Mesoamerica. Her novel Servant of the Underworld is the first in a trilogy of Aztec fantasy noir: the sequel Harbinger of the Storm will be published in 2011.