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Janet Asimov

1926 - 2019

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Janet Opal Asimov (née Jeppson; August 6, 1926 – February 25, 2019), usually writing as J. O. Jeppson, was an American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. She started writing children's science fiction in the 1970s. She was married to Isaac Asimov from 1973 until his death in 1992, and they collaborated on a number of science fiction books aimed at young readers, including the Norby series. She died in February 2019 at the age of 92. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janet Asimov is the 3,688th most popular writer (up from 3,718th in 2019), the 5,328th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,758th in 2019) and the 417th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Janet Asimov ranks 3,688 out of 7,302. Before her are Saib Tabrizi, José Enrique Rodó, Ludwig Anzengruber, Charles Fort, Yu Hua, and Georgi Pulevski. After her are Esteban Echeverría, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Shere Hite, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Karel Kryl, and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Janet Asimov ranks 257. Before her are Bernhard Klodt, Enzo Sacchi, Carl Adam Petri, James Samuel Coleman, Andy Griffith, and Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen. After her are Maneca, Arnošt Lustig, Ann Curtis, Fritz Schär, Ray Brown, and Stafford Beer. Among people deceased in 2019, Janet Asimov ranks 237. Before her are Sylvia Miles, Vladimir Etush, Roland Matthes, Ram Dass, Oliver Mtukudzi, and Sadako Ogata. After her are Ivan Dimitrov, Jan Olszewski, Gloria Vanderbilt, Vojtěch Jasný, Don Alden Adams, and Jean-Pierre Mocky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet Asimov ranks 5,328 out of 20,380. Before her are Lainie Kazan (1940), Charles Fort (1874), Walter De Maria (1935), Reed Hastings (1960), Mike Flanagan (1978), and Berry Gordy (1929). After her are Zakk Wylde (1967), Playboi Carti (1996), Sally Kirkland (1941), 6ix9ine (1996), Shere Hite (1942), and Gregory Hines (1946).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Janet Asimov ranks 417. Before her are Robert B. Spencer (1962), James A. Michener (1907), Rose Wilder Lane (1886), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Steve Berry (1955), and Charles Fort (1874). After her are Shere Hite (1942), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Francis Scott Key (1779), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), Reginald Rose (1920), and Peter Gould (1950).

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