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American author and producer

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Ann Druyan is an American journalist, film producer, writer, and science fiction writer. Born in Queens, New York, in 1949, she is the spouse of Carl Sagan and the mother of Sasha Sagan. She practices atheism and speaks English.

Her notable works include Cosmos, Comet, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, ʻIḳvot min he-ʻavar, and Shadows of Fotgotten Ancestors. She has received the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Richard Dawkins Award.

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Born
1949
Works
8

Top works

  • Shadows of Fotgotten Ancestors
  • Cosmos
  • Comet
  • Cosmos
  • Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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Queens, New York, USA

Ann Druyan is an American author and producer specializing in productions about cosmology and popular science. She was a co-writer of the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981.

Known for

  • Bill Nye: Science Guy — Self2017
  • Cosmos2014
  • The Heart is a Drum Machine — Self2010
  • Real Time with Bill Maher — Self2003
  • Contact — Ann Druyan1997

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Born
( 1949-06-13 ) June 13, 1949 (age 76) , New York City , U.S.
Known for
Author, activist , producer
Spouse
Carl Sagan ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 ; died 1996 ) ​
Children
2, including Sasha

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Given name
Ann
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Queens
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
atheism
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date of birth
1949-06-13
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Ann Druyan (/driːˈæn/ dree-ANN; born June 13, 1949) is an American documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981. She was the creator, producer, and writer of the 2014 sequel, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and its sequel series, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, as well as the book of the same name. She directed episodes of both series.

In the late 1970s, she became the creative director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Message Project, which produced the golden discs affixed to both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. She also published a novel, A Famous Broken Heart, in 1977, and later co-wrote several best selling non-fiction books with Sagan.

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