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C. J. Cherryh

United States science fiction and fantasy author · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1942 · age 84

Carolyn Janice Cherry, 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.

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2016Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master AwardAward1989Hugo Award for Best NovelAwardLocus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelAward1982Hugo Award for Best NovelAward1979Hugo Award for Best Short StoryAward1977Astounding Award for Best New WriterAward1942Born1 September 1942

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Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award2016
Hugo Award for Best Novel1989
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel1989
Hugo Award for Best Novel1982
Hugo Award for Best Short Story1979
Astounding Award for Best New Writer1977

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She is known for worldbuilding, depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology.

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Born 1942 · age 84

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