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Chinese sci-fi writer on being name-checked by George R.R. Martin and winning place at workshop he teaches

Budding Chinese science fiction writer Zhou Wen could not believe it when George R.R. Martin mentioned her name in a Twitter post last month. She is a big fan of the author, whose fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire was adapted to make the hit HBO TV series Game of Thrones.In his post, the author named Zhou as the winner of this year’s Terran Prize, which is sponsored by Martin, which gives her a scholarship to take part in this year’s Taos Toolbox workshop in the US state of New Mexico…

from South China Morning Post http://bit.ly/2JK0v0p

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