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Jo Walton

1964 - Today

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Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. She is best known for the fantasy novel Among Others, which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 2012, and Tooth and Claw, a Victorian-era novel with dragons which won the World Fantasy Award in 2004. Other works by Walton include the Small Change series, in which she blends alternate history with the cozy mystery genre, comprising Farthing, Ha'penny and Half a Crown. Her fantasy novel Lifelode won the 2010 Mythopoeic Award, and her alternate history My Real Children received the 2015 Tiptree Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Jo Walton is the 6,889th most popular writer (up from 6,933rd in 2024), the 6,541st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,558th in 2019) and the 717th most popular British Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jo Walton ranks 6,889 out of 7,302. Before her are Machi Tawara, Okwui Enwezor, Elaine Showalter, Jeannette Walls, Nahed Hattar, and Julie Plec. After her are Gregory Colbert, Robert Bridges, Peter Schiff, Jakob Arjouni, Maurice G. Dantec, and Guzel Yakhina.

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Among people born in 1964, Jo Walton ranks 775. Before her are Alexey Prokurorov, Domenico Di Carlo, Yoshikazu Goto, Kate Flannery, Jim Corr, and Enrico Bertaggia. After her are Jakob Arjouni, Shinji Aoyama, Mauro Fiore, Greg Mottola, Ye Qiaobo, and Ian Bostridge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jo Walton ranks 6,543 out of 8,785. Before her are George Cathcart (1794), Dan Evans (1990), Alex Neil (1981), Beryl Reid (1919), Jonathan Rea (1987), and Jools Holland (1958). After her are Robert Bridges (1844), Muslimgauze (1961), Jonathan Woodgate (1980), Bruce Forsyth (1928), George Benjamin (1960), and Eric Bristow (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Jo Walton ranks 717. Before her are Carol Ann Duffy (1955), Louis MacNeice (1907), Peter Morgan (1963), Al Alvarez (1929), Kate Mosse (1961), and Heston Blumenthal (1966). After her are Robert Bridges (1844), Owen Jones (1984), David Hare (1947), Edwin Morgan (1920), Tom Parker Bowles (1974), and Siobhan Dowd (1960).

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