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Marion Zimmer Bradley

1930 - 1999

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Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. She was noted for the female perspective in her writing, something before little-seen in Sword and Sorcery fantasy. Bradley began writing at the age of 17 and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hardin-Simmons University. She co-founded the Society for Creative Anachronism in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marion Zimmer Bradley is the 2,145th most popular writer (down from 1,722nd in 2019), the 3,112th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,154th in 2019) and the 254th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 2,145 out of 7,302. Before her are Lu Ji, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Elizabeth von Arnim, John Kennedy Toole, Alberto Manguel, and Paul Hazard. After her are Caecilius Statius, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Mariano José de Larra, Asma bint Marwan, Andal, and Brian Tracy.

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Among people born in 1930, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 170. Before her are Tom Wolfe, Oleg Popov, Franzl Lang, Manuel Marulanda, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, and Harold Bloom. After her are Bo Widerberg, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Pyotr Bolotnikov, and Katherine Jackson. Among people deceased in 1999, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 81. Before her are Phaedon Gizikis, Walter Lini, Alfredo Kraus, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, András Hegedüs, and Pierre Clémenti. After her are Sebastian Haffner, Alf Ramsey, Ilmari Juutilainen, Saul Steinberg, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, and Yuri Knorozov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 3,112 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Elizabeth Bolden (1890), Bill Cobbs (1934), John Kennedy Toole (1937), Alfre Woodard (1952), and Gabby Giffords (1970). After her are John Milnor (1931), J. B. Pritzker (1965), Matthew Fox (1966), Raymond Smullyan (1919), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), and Marian Anderson (1897).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Marion Zimmer Bradley ranks 254. Before her are John W. Campbell (1910), William Steig (1907), Lewis Mumford (1895), Harold Bloom (1930), Joan Didion (1934), and John Kennedy Toole (1937). After her are Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Anne Applebaum (1964), Katherine Jackson (1930), and Harlan Ellison (1934).

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