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Robert J. Sawyer

1960 - Today

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Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian and American writer of science fiction. He is the author of 25 published novels, and his short fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, and Nature, in addition to several anthologies. He has won many writing awards, including the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1995), the Hugo Award for Best Novel (2003), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006), the Robert A. Heinlein Award (2017), and multiple Aurora Awards (more than any other writer). Sawyer was born in Ottawa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert J. Sawyer is the 5,646th most popular writer (up from 5,961st in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from Canada (up from 551st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Among writers, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 5,646 out of 7,302. Before him are Ring Lardner, Walter Abish, Elinor Glyn, Jorge de Sena, Ted Chiang, and Ibrahim Kuni. After him are Marie Kondo, Tony Kushner, Diane di Prima, Jonathan Coe, C. L. R. James, and David Peoples.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 351. Before him are Semir Osmanagić, Vladimir Salnikov, Moshe Kahlon, Elsa Cayat, Romas Ubartas, and John Billingsley. After him are Martina Hellmann, Arnaud Desplechin, Hans Pflügler, Valentin Yordanov, Michel Gill, and Craig Sheffer.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 521 out of 1,622. Before him are Hilda Strike (1910), Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), David Reimer (1965), Taylor Kitsch (1981), Robert Benson (1894), and Chris Taylor (1950). After him are Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975), Bernie Shaw (1956), Alexis Smith (1921), William Diller Matthew (1871), Gaétan Boucher (1958), and David Furnish (1962).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Robert J. Sawyer ranks 37. Before him are Duncan Regehr (1952), Mark Strand (1934), Sven Delblanc (1931), Robertson Davies (1913), Élie Blanchard (1881), and Guy Gavriel Kay (1954). After him are George Woodcock (1912), Farley Mowat (1921), Robert Elsie (1950), Rachel Cusk (1967), Cory Doctorow (1971), and Deborah Ellis (1960).

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