About me

Charles Quixote Choi (蔡宙) is a science journalist in New York who has freelanced since 2001 for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Science, Nature, Scientific American, Popular Science, Inside Science, Space.com, Wired.com, New Scientist, The Scientist, American Scientist, National Geographic News, The San Diego Union Tribune and Newsday, among others. You can read more about his journalism here.

He also writes science fiction. His first sale, the novelette “By the Will of the Gods,” appeared in the January-February 2021 issue of Analog.

In his spare time, he has had the good fortune of adventuring to every continent. He also holds the rank of yondan in the Toyama-ryu battodo style of Japanese swordsmanship and is a senior instructor at Byakkokan Dojo in New York. He is a member of NASW and AAJA, and an associate member of SFWA.

Born in Hong Kong and having dwelt most of his life in Queens, he currently lives with his wife, their two sons and their three cats in the Bronx.