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Jack Dann

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1945 · age 81

Jack Dann is an American writer best known for his science fiction, as well as an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, the majority being as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres.

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A life in dates

2017World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyAward1999World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyAward1997Nebula Award for Best NovellaAward1996Aurealis Award for best fantasy novelAward1945Born15 February 1945

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World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology2017
World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology1999
Nebula Award for Best Novella1997
Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel1996

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He has published nine novels, numerous shorter works of fiction, essays, and poetry, and his books have been translated into thirteen languages. His work, which includes fiction in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism, and historical and alternative history genres, has been compared to Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, J. G. Ballard, and Philip K. Dick.

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Born 1945 · age 81

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