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Nalo Hopkinson

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Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels – Brown Girl in the Ring (1998), Midnight Robber (2000), The Salt Roads (2003), The New Moon's Arms (2007) – and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk (2001) often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling. Hopkinson has edited two fiction anthologies: Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction and Mojo: Conjure Stories. She was the co-editor with Uppinder Mehan of the 2004 anthology So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Visions of the Future, and with Geoff Ryman co-edited Tesseracts 9. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nalo Hopkinson is the 7,138th most popular writer (up from 7,172nd in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 120th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Jamaican Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 7,138 out of 7,302. Before her are Frances Hardinge, Ian Brennan, Jim Cornette, Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, Valeria Luiselli, and Alan Rusbridger. After her are Zehra Doğan, Dinesh D'Souza, Chris Savino, Alice Oseman, Laura Gallego García, and Denise Mina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 810. Before her are Bradley Walsh, Blanche Lincoln, Kirby Puckett, Craig Hodges, Mike McFarlane, and Mark Gorski. After her are John Pizzarelli, Heidi Hammel, Loretta Sanchez, Dean Heller, Caroline Lucas, and Mark Sanford.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 113 out of 189. Before her are Theodore Whitmore (1972), Luton Shelton (1985), Sandie Richards (1968), Barrington Levy (1964), Jermaine Taylor (1985), and Vybz Kartel (1976). After her are Jak Ali Harvey (1989), Tessa Sanderson (1956), Sandra Farmer-Patrick (1962), Marlon James (1970), Germaine Mason (1983), and Sherone Simpson (1984).

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Among WRITERS In Jamaica

Among writers born in Jamaica, Nalo Hopkinson ranks 7. Before her are Marcus Garvey (1887), Mary Seacole (1805), Leonard Howell (1898), Claude McKay (1889), Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919), and Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952). After her are Marlon James (1970), and Claudia Rankine (1963).

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