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C. J. Cherryh

1942 - Today

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Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award–winning novels Downbelow Station (1981) and Cyteen (1988), both set in her Alliance–Union universe, and her Foreigner series. She is known for worldbuilding, depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology. Cherryh (pronounced "Cherry") appended a silent "h" to her real name because editor Donald A. Wollheim felt "Cherry" sounded too much like a romance writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. J. Cherryh is the 4,480th most popular writer (up from 4,517th in 2019), the 6,678th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,069th in 2019) and the 505th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, C. J. Cherryh ranks 4,480 out of 7,302. Before her are Albert Ehrenstein, Ahmet Altan, Kikkuli, John Stott, Zainab Biisheva, and Tracy Chevalier. After her are Ludwig Bechstein, Ngaio Marsh, Andrée Chedid, Zaharia Stancu, Norman Manea, and David Mamet.

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Among people born in 1942, C. J. Cherryh ranks 411. Before her are John Thaw, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Joe Lieberman, Gustavo Peña, Amarinder Singh, and Juan Diego. After her are Eduard Malofeyev, Fernando Atzori, José Serra, Jeffrey Ullman, Pamela Tiffin, and Mike Resnick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, C. J. Cherryh ranks 6,680 out of 20,380. Before her are Chuck McCann (1934), Gary Rossington (1951), Sheri Moon Zombie (1970), Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Sylvester (1947), and Tracy Chevalier (1962). After her are Gailard Sartain (1946), Harry Partch (1901), Clive Davis (1932), Lou Thesz (1916), David Mamet (1947), and Renée Elise Goldsberry (1971).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, C. J. Cherryh ranks 505. Before her are Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906), Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Diane Disney Miller (1933), Lloyd Alexander (1924), and Tracy Chevalier (1962). After her are David Mamet (1947), Mona Simpson (1957), David Baldacci (1960), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), Tad Williams (1957), and John Piper (1946).

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