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Nancy Kress

1948 - Today

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Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella Beggars in Spain (1991), which became a novel in 1993. She also won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2013 for After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall, and in 2015 for Yesterday's Kin. In addition to her novels, Kress has written numerous short stories and is a regular columnist for Writer's Digest. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Kress is the 5,165th most popular writer (up from 5,416th in 2019), the 7,962nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,013th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Nancy Kress ranks 5,165 out of 7,302. Before her are Yashpal, Dagny Carlsson, Alicia Giménez Bartlett, Béatrix Beck, Edward James, and Paula Hawkins. After her are Joël Dicker, György Faludy, Rick Warren, Kjell Westö, Bob Shaw, and Louis L'Amour.

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Among people born in 1948, Nancy Kress ranks 511. Before her are Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Carme Riera, Enriqueta Basilio, Annette Charles, Patricia Hill Collins, and Régis Wargnier. After her are Tubilandu Ndimbi, Gennadi Gagulia, Dale Gardner, Johan Boskamp, Kenney Jones, and Alexandru Neagu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Kress ranks 7,964 out of 20,380. Before her are Rudy Rucker (1946), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Anita Borg (1949), Tamina Snuka (1978), Grace Park (1974), and Tisha Campbell-Martin (1968). After her are Mumia Abu-Jamal (1954), William Ellery Channing (1780), Casey Kasem (1932), Constance Towers (1933), Robert Jarvik (1946), and Rick Warren (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Nancy Kress ranks 593. Before her are Ann Druyan (1949), Candace Bushnell (1958), Arthur Golden (1956), Stephen Hunter (1946), David Crane (1957), and Jacqueline Susann (1918). After her are Rick Warren (1954), Louis L'Amour (1908), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Charlaine Harris (1951), and Tabitha King (1949).

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