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Joan D. Vinge

1948 - Today

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Joan D. Vinge ( ; born April 2, 1948, as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for her Hugo Award–winning novel The Snow Queen and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and her Heaven's Chronicles books. She also is the author of The Random House Book of Greek Myths (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan D. Vinge is the 6,202nd most popular writer (down from 5,861st in 2019), the 10,962nd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,248th in 2019) and the 803rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Joan D. Vinge ranks 6,202 out of 7,302. Before her are Ahmad NikTalab, Kerstin Gier, Pentti Haanpää, Peter Orlovsky, Julia Donaldson, and Volodymyr Vakulenko. After her are Christina Hoff Sommers, Nigella Lawson, Sam Lake, Kristina Lugn, Liu Xia, and Ferenc Juhász.

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Among people born in 1948, Joan D. Vinge ranks 661. Before her are Lydie Salvayre, Telma Hopkins, Patricia A. McKillip, Avi Toledano, Julia Donaldson, and Günter Haritz. After her are Kristina Lugn, Lewis Black, Radojka Šverko, Anders Wejryd, Eliud Williams, and Mikheil Korkia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan D. Vinge ranks 10,964 out of 20,380. Before her are Tawny Kitaen (1961), Ken Salazar (1955), Peter Orlovsky (1933), Richard A. Falk (1930), Julius J. Epstein (1909), and Ruth Patrick (1907). After her are Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Eric Schmitt (1975), Dan Osman (1963), J. P. Mallory (1945), Ernestine Anderson (1928), and Louis Wolheim (1880).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joan D. Vinge ranks 803. Before her are Larry Kramer (1935), John Jakes (1932), Daniel Pearl (1963), Tillie Olsen (1912), Patricia A. McKillip (1948), and Peter Orlovsky (1933). After her are Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Louis Sachar (1954), Robert Creeley (1926), Lyman Abbott (1835), and Emma Willard (1787).

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