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Leigh Brackett

1915 - 1978

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Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 24, 1978) was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leigh Brackett is the 4,068th most popular writer (up from 4,182nd in 2019), the 5,978th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,526th in 2019) and the 458th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Leigh Brackett ranks 4,068 out of 7,302. Before her are Adam Naruszewicz, Gene Wolfe, Louis Hémon, Marc Levy, Edith Bruck, and Jovan Sterija Popović. After her are Shushanik Kurghinian, Eric Frank Russell, Hovhannes Shiraz, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Nuruddin Farah, and Vira Vovk.

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Among people born in 1915, Leigh Brackett ranks 165. Before her are Robert Lockwood Jr., Knut Nystedt, Tomás Fernández, Boris Paichadze, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, and Alykul Osmonov. After her are Kurt Aland, Ken Aston, Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Elio Toaff, Raquel Rastenni, and M. F. Husain. Among people deceased in 1978, Leigh Brackett ranks 152. Before her are Robert Menzies, Roman Karmen, Philip K. Hitti, Mary Blair, Roy Harrod, and Bob Crane. After her are Eric Frank Russell, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Jānis Daliņš, Leo Ryan, Artem Alikhanian, and Kathleen Kenyon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 5,978 out of 20,380. Before her are Julie London (1926), Leo Sexton (1909), Lew Ayres (1908), Earl Hines (1903), James Arness (1923), and Olivia Rodrigo (2003). After her are Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Dina Meyer (1968), Julianna Margulies (1966), Pete Rose (1941), William Henry Conley (1840), and Garry Shandling (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Leigh Brackett ranks 458. Before her are Og Mandino (1923), Daniel Silva (1960), Gary Chapman (1938), Bret Harte (1836), Emma Lazarus (1849), and Gene Wolfe (1931). After her are Laura Bridgman (1829), Mark Frost (1953), Lilian Jackson Braun (1913), Louis Bromfield (1896), Peter Straub (1943), and Melissa Mathison (1950).

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