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Andre Norton

1912 - 2005

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Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. She was the first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, to be SFWA Grand Master, and to be inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andre Norton is the 3,173rd most popular writer (down from 2,880th in 2019), the 4,597th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,646th in 2019) and the 364th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Andre Norton ranks 3,173 out of 7,302. Before her are Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, Ronald Harwood, Farag Foda, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Aemilius Macer, and Muazzez İlmiye Çığ. After her are Robert Penn Warren, Irena Veisaitė, Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma, William Langland, Léon Daudet, and Tomas Venclova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Andre Norton ranks 177. Before her are Alfred Schwarzmann, Barbara Hutton, Béla Király, Arne Brustad, Lev Kopelev, and Leslie Johnson. After her are Claude Pompidou, Ernst Lehner, Xavier Montsalvatge, Bill Miller, Pál Kovács, and Nick Cravat. Among people deceased in 2005, Andre Norton ranks 137. Before her are Gary Bertini, Pál Losonczi, Elisabeth Domitien, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Andrea Dworkin, and Sergio Endrigo. After her are Martin Lings, James Doohan, Wee Kim Wee, Alexander Yakovlev, Jacques Villeret, and Netti Witziers-Timmer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andre Norton ranks 4,597 out of 20,380. Before her are Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Howard Da Silva (1909), Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Paul Volcker (1927), Dean Smith (1932), and Charles Evans Hughes (1862). After her are Robert Penn Warren (1905), Minnie Riperton (1947), Joey Jordison (1975), Milton L. Humason (1891), Douglas Diamond (1953), and Peter MacNicol (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Andre Norton ranks 364. Before her are Leon Uris (1924), Morgan Robertson (1861), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Brian Herbert (1947), Robert Ressler (1937), and Edward Gorey (1925). After her are Robert Penn Warren (1905), Robert Anderson (1917), Henry Darger (1892), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897), E. E. Smith (1890), and Amy Lowell (1874).

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