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C. J. Cherryh
Sign in to saveAlso known as Carolyn Janice Cherryh, Carolyn Cherry, Carolyn Cherryh
United States science fiction and fantasy author
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1 September 1942
- Works
- 189
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Florida--Language and Literacy
- Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]
- Rimrunners
- The faded sun
- Regenesis
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 38
- Total plays
- 501
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- MAST: Phylogenetic Inference with Mixtures Across Sites and Trees
· 2024 · cited 32x
- Evolving thermal thresholds explain the distribution of temperature sex reversal in an Australian dragon lizard
· 2020 · cited 32x
- SIMPLIFIED RED-CELL ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY TEST FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
· 1979 · cited 24x
- How to engage Millennials: Re-imagining the consumer as a partner, not a target audience, to increase engagement
· 2015 · cited 6x
- PLASMA ORIGIN OF RED-CELL-MEMBRANE CHANGES IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
· 1980 · cited 5x
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Quotes
- “Jane leaned back against the counter and stared at the ceiling. At the traditional location of God, no matter what the planet.”
- “If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death.”
- “Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.”
- “Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.”
- “Given ignorance in the mix, stupidity was at least as common in politics as astute maneuvering;”
- “Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Carolyn Janice Cherry , ( 1942-09-01 ) September 1, 1942 (age 83) , St. Louis , Missouri , U.S.
- Pen name
- C. J. Cherryh
- Occupation
- Novelist , short story author , essayist , high school teacher
- Education
- University of Oklahoma ( BA ), Johns Hopkins University ( MA )
- Period
- 1976–present
- Genre
- Science fiction , fantasy
- Notable works
- Alliance–Union universe , Foreigner series
- Notable awards
- Hugo Award , Locus Award , Prometheus Award
- Spouse
- Jane Fancher ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 )
- Relatives
- David A. Cherry (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- cherryh.com
- Image
- Carolyn Janice Cherry.jpg
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- C. J. Cherryh
- date of birth
- 1942-09-01
- birth name
- Carolyn Janice Cherry
- pseudonym
- C. J. Cherryh
- name in native language
- C. J. Cherryh
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Article
Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award–winning novels Downbelow Station (1981) and Cyteen (1988), both set in her Alliance–Union universe, and her Foreigner series. She is known for worldbuilding, depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology.
Cherryh (pronounced "Cherry") appended a silent "h" to her real name because editor Donald A. Wollheim felt "Cherry" sounded too much like a romance writer. She used only her initials, C. J., to disguise that she was female at a time when the majority of science fiction authors were male.