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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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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)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Cherry
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Sibling
- David A. Cherry
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- fantasy
- Official website
- cherryh.com
- Image
- Carolyn Janice Cherry.jpg
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- Commons category
- C. J. Cherryh
- date of birth
- 1942-09-01
- topic's main category
- Category:C. J. Cherryh
- birth name
- Carolyn Janice Cherry
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- pseudonym
- C. J. Cherryh
- name in native language
- C. J. Cherryh
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “C. J. Cherryh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.