Speculative fiction critique by award-wining author Grace Chen

A critique of a piece of speculative fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, horror, or cross-genre) of up to 5,000 words. Detailed, thoughtful feedback provided in written form or over a phone call -- your preference!

Grace is an award-winning speculative fiction writer. She writes about brains, minds, and space.

Her debut novel, Every Version of You, is about staying in love after mind-uploading into virtual reality. It won The University of Sydney’s People’s Choice Award, and was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and The Age Book of the Year. It was longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards. It has been optioned for a film adaptation by Cognito Entertainment.

Her short fiction can be found in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Escape Pod, Fireside, Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, Going Down Swinging, Aurealis, Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, and many other places. She won the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story in 2022.

Grace was born in Malaysia and lives and works on the unceded lands of the Boonwurrung and Wurundjeri people. In her other life, she works as a psychiatrist.